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Finsbury 1909
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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TABLE G.†
| 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 | I39.6 | 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 | 2I0 | 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 | 116 | 135.9 | 166 | 157.0 | 9 | 2I9.5 |
| 1907 | 368 | 127.0 | 119 | 116.5 | 105 | 135.1 | 136 | 128.3 | 8 | 307.7 |
| Clerkenwell | ||||||||||
| 1908 | 400 | 137.0 | Infant Deaths. 236 | Infant Mortality. 131.0 | 163 | 150.1 | 1 | 34.5 | ||
| 1909 | 366 | 128.0 | 219 | 135.0 | 131 | 130. 0 | 6 | 300.0 | ||
*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.
These figures show that in recent years, Finsbury has made
marked and definite progress in dealing with the saving of infant
life.
This is also borne out by referring to the chart, which represents
the same thing graphically—whether we take the crude
rates, the corrected rates, or the rates calculated by the RegistrarGeneral,
definite improvement is manifested. The RegistrarGeneral's
figures for Finsbury in 1909 is 131, as against 133 in
the preceding year.
Infant Death Investigation.—The usual enquiries have been
made and the statistics are tabulated in the accompanying tables,
which record the results in 265 deaths occurring in 1909.
The third table is a summary of the work done during the years
1904 to 1909.