London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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It will be observed that the infantile mortality of Finsbury is
about 19 percent greater than the figure for the whole of London,
and about 10 percent more than the infantile mortality prevailing
in the 76 great towns.
The birth rate and infant mortality for the Metropolitan Boroughs for 1909 are displayed below :—
| • | Birth Rate. | Infant Mortality. |
|---|---|---|
| Battersea | 23.9 | 107 |
| Bermondsey | 31.9 | 141 |
| Bethnal Green | 31.4 | 129 |
| Camberwell | 23.7 | 100 |
| Chelsea | 18.7 | 107 |
| Deptford | 26.8 | 103 |
| Finsbury | 35.9 | 128 |
| Greenwich | 22.1 | 102 |
| Hammersmith | 23.0 | 125 |
| Hampstead | 13.6 | 74 |
| Holborn | 18.3 | 101 |
| Islington | 23.3 | 103 |
| Kensington | 18.6 | 112 |
| Lambeth | 26.1 | 98 |
| Lewisham | 21.8 | 75 |
| City of London | 13.4 | 106 |
| Paddington | 20.0 | 102 |
| Poplar | 30.1 | 130 |
| St. Marylebone | 20.0 | 102 |
| St. Pancras | 22.1 | 109 |
| Shoreditch | 32.4 | 138 |
| Southwark | 27.1 | 119 |
| Stepney | 30.3 | 118 |
| Stoke Newington | 18.3 | 84 |
| Wandsworth | 20.6 | 86 |
| City of Westminster | 15.9 | 93 |
| Woolwich | 22.9 | 82 |