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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 1912
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1912
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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 95
great towns, the 146 smaller towns, and the essentially rural
districts.
The birth-rate is greatest in St. Luke, least in St.
Sepulchre.
Of the total number of Finsbury births, 292 occurred in outlying
institutions ; 851 births of non-residents took place in the
borough.
For comparative purposes, the birth rates of the Metropolit
Boroughs are annexed :—
BIRTH RATES, 1912.
BIRTH RATES, 1912.
| Borough. | Rate. |
|---|---|
| Lambeth | 27.4 |
| Lewisham | 20.3 |
| City of London | 20.7 |
| Paddington | 21.1 |
| Poplar | 31.0 |
| St. Marylebone | 19.3 |
| St. Pancras | 24.4 |
| Shoreditch | 32.1 |
| Southwark | 29.4 |
| Stepney | 30.9 |
| Stoke Newington | 20.4 |
| Wandsworth | 21.5 |
| Westminster | 14.8 |
| Woolwich | 22.3 |
Birth Rates,1912.
| Borough | Rate. |
|---|---|
| Battersea | 25.4 |
| Bermondsey | 31.0 |
| Bethnal Green | 30.5 |
| Camberwell | 24.6 |
| Chelsea | 18.6 |
| Deptford | 26.5 |
| Finsbury | 29.9 |
| Fulham | 27.1 |
| Greenwich | 25.0 |
| Hackney | 23.7 |
| Hammersmith | 23.5 |
| Hampstead | 14.2 |
| Holborn | 18.8 |
| Islington | 25.1 |
| Kensington | 19.3 |