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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 1911
Report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1911
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| Year | 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 | 139.6 | 172 | 137.0 | 6 | 162.1 |
| 1902 | 588 | 174.9 | 183 | 173 .3 | 152 | 172.7 | 217 | 178.4 | 6 | 157.9 |
| 1903 | 503 | I59.1 | 163 | 153.8 | 125 | 142.2 | 2IO | 176.5 | 5 | 151.5 |
| 1904 | 522 | 168.6 | 191 | 177.2 | 123 | 147.8 | 206 | 178.7 | 2 | 60.6 |
| I905 | 429 | 148.6 | 146 | 148.2 | 98 | 121.7 | 178 | 165 .5 | 7 | 333.4 |
| 1906 | 474 | I57.3 | 183 | 172.5 | 116 | I35.9 | 166 | 157.0 | 9 | 219.5 |
| 1907 | 368 | 127.0 | 119 | 116.5 | 105 | I35.1 | 136 | 128.3 | 8 | 307.7 |
| Clerkenwell | ||||||||||
| 1908 | 400 | 137.0 | Infant Deaths. | Infant Mortality. | 163 | 150.1 | 1 | 34.5 | ||
| 1909 | 366 | 128.0 | 236 | 131.0 | 131 | 1300 | 6 | 300.0 | ||
| 219 | I35.0 | |||||||||
| 1910 | 342 | 121.0 | 219 | 122.0 | 120 | 1200 | 3 | 71.0 | ||
| 1911 | 411 | 154.0 | 251 | 145.0 | 156 | 1690 | 4 | 181.0 | ||
*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.
Distribution of Infant Deaths.—In 1911 the largest
number of infant deaths occurred in Risinghill Street (11),
Baldwin Street (10), Gee Street (9), Bartholomew Buildings (9),
White Lion Street (9), Lever Street (8), Donegal Street (7),
Dufferin Street (7), Easton Street (6), Peabody Buildings, Dufferin
Street (6), Peabody Buildings, Roscoe Street (6), Radnor Street
(6), Rahere Street (6), Rodney Street (6), Roscoe Street (6),
Albert Street (5), Bakers Row (5), Cumming Street (5), Hermes