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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 1909
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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DEATHS AND DEATH RATES.
The number of Finsbury residents who died in 1909 was 1,814,
equivalent to a crude death rate for the whole Borough of 19 0
per 1,000 inhabitants living. The death rate for the whole of
London was 14.03 per 1,000, as compared with 14.0 and 14.6 in
1908 and 1907 respectively.
CRUDE DEATH RATES.
| The Borough. | North Clerkenwell. | South Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchere. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 21.4 | 20.0 | 20.3 | 23.7 | 18.8 |
| 1902 | 22.7 | 22.3 | 20.7 | 24.3 | 20.1 |
| 1903 | 19.8 | 19.2 | 18.3 | 21.7 | 19.0 |
| 1904 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 18.9 | 22.0 | 23.0 |
| 1905 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 17.3 | 20.2 | 25.2 |
| 1906 | 20.7 | 22.7 | 18.6 | 20.3 | 24.7 |
| 1907 | 18.3 | I7.5 | l6.4 | 20.3 | 24.9 |
| 1908 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 18.9 | 10.3 | |
| 1909 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 19.9 | 20.7 | |
In comparing one district with another it is important to take
into account the number of males and females in both, the
number of young people, and the number of old people. All these
have different death rates. A district with a large number of
infants and a large number of old people will have a higher
death rate than one in which the inhabitants are chiefly young
adults.
In order to overcome the difficulty thus arising—the RegistrarGeneral
has calculated a factor for correction for each district—
which when multiplied into the crude death rate gives the
''corrected'' death rate available for comparison with the rates
in other districts.
The factor for correction in Finsbury is 1 0355. This multiplied
into 19.0 the crude death rate gives a corrected death rate of 19.7
per 1,000.