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Finsbury 1911
Report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1911
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DEATHS AND DEATH RATES.
The number of Finsbury residents who died in 1911 was 1,697,
equivalent to a crude death rate for the whole Borough of 19.4 per
1,000 inhabitants living. The corrected death rate for the whole
of London was 15.8, as compared with 12.7, 14.03, 14.0, and 14.6
for the years 1910 to 1907 respectively.
The crude death rates for previous years are given in the
attached table. They have all been re-calculated on the basis of
the new populations estimated on the results of the recent census.
| Year. | The Borough. | Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchre. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 21.4 | 20.1 | 23.5 | 19.1 |
| 1902 | 22.8 | 21.8 | 24.7 | 21.3 |
| 1903 | 20.2 | 19.0 | 22.3 | 19.7 |
| 1904 | 21.4 | 20.6 | 22.8 | 24.0 |
| 1905 | 19.3 | 18.1 | 21.1 | 26.3 |
| 1906 | 21.4 | 21.1 | 21.5 | 26'.1 |
| 1907 | I9.1 | 17.3 | 21.8 | 26.6 |
| 1908 | 19.2 | 18.7 | 20.6 | 11 .1 |
| 1909 | 20.1 | 19.1 | 21.6 | 24-.0 |
| 1910 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 19.6 | 17.3 |
| 1911 | 19.4 | 19.3 | 19 .45 | 11.7 |
It will be observed that this year the general death rate shows a
slight increase which is to be correlated in part to a larger number
of deaths ascribed to Diarrhoea, Enteritis, and Measles. The
table shows that the death rates in St. Luke are generally higher
and in Clerkenwell lower than the rates for the whole of the
Borough.
It will be seen, too, that with one or two slight variations the
death rate in St. Luke tends to show a progressive diminution
during the last eleven years.