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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1910
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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| Year | The Borough. | North Clerkenwell. | South Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchre. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality | No. of Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality | No. of Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality | No. of Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality | No. of Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality | |
| 1901 | *533 | 163.8 | 158 | 149.2 | 124 | 139.6 | 172 | 137.0 | 6 | 162.1 |
| 1902 | 588 | 174.9 | 183 | 173.3 | 152 | 172.7 | 217 | 178.4 | 6 | 157.9 |
| 1903 | 503 | 159.1 | 163 | 153.8 | 125 | 142.2 | 210 | 176.5 | 5 | 151.5 |
| 1904 | 522 | 168.6 | 191 | 177.2 | 123 | 147.8 | 206 | 178.7 | 2 | 60.6 |
| 1905 | 429 | 148.6 | 146 | 148.2 | 98 | 121.7 | 178 | 165.5 | 7 | 333.4 |
| 1906 | 474 | 157.3 | 183 | 172.5 | ll6 | 135.9 | 166 | 157.0 | 9 | 219.5 |
| 1907 | 368 | 127.0 | 119 | 116.5 | 105 | 135.1 | 136 | 128.3 | 8 | 307.7 |
| Clerkenwell | 163 | 150.1 | ||||||||
| 1908 | 400 | 137.0 | Infant Deaths. | Infant Mortality. | 1 | 34.5 | ||||
| 1909 | 366 | 128.0 | 236 | 131.0 | 131 | 130.0 | 6 | 300.0 | ||
| 219 | 135.0 | |||||||||
| 1910 | 342 | 121.0 | 219 | 122.0 | 120 | 120.0 | 3 | 71.0 | ||
*The return for 1901 includes 73 infant deaths taking place outside the Borough
but belonging to Finsbury, and which cannot now be distributed in districts.
Throughout the table, births taking place in the City of London Lying-in Hospital,
but not belonging to Finsbury have been excluded and the births taking place
in City Road Workhouse and other places belonging to Finsbury have been
included.
† Contains the Corrected Rates calculated by the Medical Officer.
From these results it may be deduced that in recent years the
Borough of Finsbury has made sure, but unmistakable, progress
in reducing the number of deaths amongst infants.
Distribution of Infant Deaths.—In 1910 the largest number
of infant deaths occurred in Northampton Buildings (11), Donegal
Street (10), Lever Street (9), Southampton Street (9), Guinness'
Buildings (8), St. Bartholomew's Buildings (8), Easton Street (7),
Margaret Street (7), Baldwin Street (6), Bastwick Street (6),
George Yard (6), Albert Street (5), Galway Street (5), Gee Street
(5), Gloucester Street (5), Myddelton Square (5), Noble Street (5),
Beckford Square (4), Chadworth Buildings (4), Meredith Street
(4), Risinghill Street (4), St. John Street (4), Victoria Dwellings
(4) and Vineyard Walk 4 deaths.