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births. The corrected number of births of Finsbury children
for 1911 is 2,676. In the same year 411 children died under
one year of age and belonging to the Borough. The infantile
mortality is obtained by multiplying the number of deaths under
one year (411) by 1,000, and dividing the result by the number
of births (2,676) for that year.
The infantile mortality of the Borough for 1911 is 154;
expressed in popular manner this means that out of every 1,000
children born during the year 154 died before reaching their
first birthday.
The corresponding figures for previous years are annexed : —

The number of infant deaths in 1911, and the corresponding
infant mortality were both last exceeded in 1906. This
increase in 1911 was foreshadowed in the annual report for 1910.