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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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4. There are four large general hospitals close to the Borough,
which give gratuitous treatment.
These patients who are received as in-patients into the hospitals
and infirmary, when they die are accredited to Finsbury even
although they may have lived in the district only a few days or
a few weeks.
The phthisis death rates per 1,000 calculated by the RegistrarGeneral are as follows :—
| 1911. | 1906-1910. | |
|---|---|---|
| England and Wales, 1910 | 1.015 | — |
| County of London | 1.35 | 1.40 |
| Finsbury | 1.87 | 2.21 |
| Holborn | 2.08 | 2.31 |
| Shoreditch | 1.84 | I .90 |
| St. Pancras | 1.57 | |
| Islington | I.24 | 1.30 |
In 1911, Finsbury is second highest on this list, being exceeded
by Holborn.
The death rate from all forms of tuberculosis for 1910, was
in England and Wales 1-434, in Finsbury in 1911, 2 30 per 1,000
inhabitants. The 1911 figures for England and Wales are not
yet available.
It may be asked whether the tabulated number of deaths
accurately represents the number of deaths from phthisis in the
borough. To this the answer is in the negative. There is very little