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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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Table: The corrected rates for the several sub-registration districts in 1910 were as follows :—

The corrected rates for the several sub-registration districts in 1910 were as follows :—

Population.Births.Birth-rate.
Clerkenwell59,3821,79230.2
St. Luke33,66599929.7
St. Sepulchre1,5314227.4
The Borough94,5782,83329.9

Table: The corresponding birth-rates for the rest of the country for 1910 are attached :—

The corresponding birth-rates for the rest of the country for 1910 are attached :—

England and Wales24.8
London23.7
Finsbury29.9
77 Great Towns25.0
136 Small Towns23.7
Rural Districts25.0

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It will be seen that the birth-rate for Finsbury is greater than
the rate for the whole of England and Wales, greater than the
birth-rate for London, and greater than the rates in the 77 great
towns, the 136 smaller towns, and the essentially rural districts.
The birth-rate is greatest in Clerkenwell, least in St.
Sepulchre.
Seventy-nine of the births of Finsbury children occurred in
the City Road Workhouse, 38 were notified as having taken
place in other metropolitan boroughs. At the City of London
Lying-in Hospital there were 807 births during the year; of
these 117 belonged to Finsbury, and the rest to other London
boroughs.
For comparative purposes the birth-rates of the Metropolitan
Boroughs are annexed :—