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Finsbury 1910

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910

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The corresponding figures for previous years are annexed:—

Infantile Mortality, 1901-1910.

Year.Corrected Births.Corrected Deaths.Infantile Mortality.
19013,254533163
19023,191558174
19033,162503159
19043,095522168
19052,886429148
19063,012474157
19072,884368127
19082,916400137
19092,857366128
19102,833342121

The infantile mortality for 1910 is, it will be observed, lower
than it has ever been since the Borough was incorporated. While
this gratifying reduction gives reason for much congratulation,
it may be well not to found any very robust hope on the
improvement now manifested being maintained or being exceeded
during the coming year. For the widespread epidemic of measles
prevailing at the end of 1910 and the early months of 1911, make
it very probable that the infantile mortality may be increased
next year. Apart from this, however, there are other reasons
why the infantile mortality in Finsbury may remain a little high—
1. The large number of residents who are in poor circumstances—carmen
or general labourers earning 18s. or
20s. a week.
2. The number of people who come into the district to
be confined and attended gratuitously by the students of
the various hospitals. They take a tenement for a few
weeks or months, and then move elsewhere, to be