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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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TABLE A.—BIRTH RATES.
| Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchre. | Corrected Birth Rates for the Borough. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North. | South. | ||||
| 1901 | 30.2 | 30.9 | 50.8 | 20.1 | 32.0 |
| 1902 | 30.1 | 30.4 | 45.6 | 23.1 | 31.7 |
| 1903 | 30.5 | 30.9 | 47.3 | 20.3 | 31.4 |
| 1904 | 31.5 | 29.7 | 47.1 | 20.5 | 31.3 |
| 1905 | 29.1 | 29.0 | 45.3 | 13.2 | 29.4 |
| 1906 | 30.7 | 30.0 | 45.1 | 24.7 | 30.9 |
| 1907 | 29.9 | 27.6 | 45.9 | 15.3 | 29.8 |
| 1908 | 29.3 | 49.1 | 18.6 | 30.3 | |
| 1909 | 28.3 | 50.3 | 12.9 | 29.9 | |
*The North and South Clerkenwell sub-registration districts were united
in April, 1908.
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 76 great
towns, the 141 smaller towns and the essentially rural districts.
The birth-rate for Finsbury is only 21 less than it was ten years
ago, and is higher than it was in 1905 and 1907.
The birth-rate is greatest in St. Luke, least in St. Sepulchre's.
The rate in St. Luke's is exceptionally high, being 50.3 per 1,000.
This figure has only once been exceeded since the Borough of
Finsbury was constituted.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
This Act was adopted by the Borough Council on December
19th, 1907, and came into force on 9th March, 1908.