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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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SUMMARY.—The prominent facts of the Annual Report for 1910 are briefly recorded below:—
| Registrar-General's Estimated Population | 94.578. |
| Birth Rate | 29.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Death Rate | 17.29 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Infantile Mortality | 121 per 1,000 births. |
| Death Rate from Phthisis | 1.75 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Death Rate from all forms of Tuberculosis | 2.08 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Death Rate from the seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 1.94 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
Noticeable features derived from this return are :—
The birth-rate is the same as it was in 1909.
The number of births is still diminishing.
The declining death rate—the lowest since the Borough
was incorporated.
The substantial reduction in the death-rate from Phthisis.
The lessened number of deaths due to Measles, Scarlet
Fever, and Hooping Cough.
The slight increase in the number of deaths due to Diphtheria
and Typhoid Fever.
The lessened prevalence of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
The increased prevalence of Enteric Fever.
The diminished Infantile Mortality—the lowest since the
Borough was formed in 1901.
POPULATION.—The population of the Borough at the middle of 1910 was estimated by the Registrar-General to be 94,578, distributed as follows :—
| Clerkenwell | 59,382 |
| St. Luke | 33,665 |
| St. Sepulchre | 1,531 |
| 94,578 |