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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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| Borough. | Phthisis Death Rate per 1,000. | Borough. | Phthisis Death Rate per 1,000. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | 1.13 | Lambeth | 1.20 | |
| Bermondsey | 2.18 | Lewisham | 0.68 | |
| Bethnal Green | 1.62 | City of London | 1.06 | |
| Camberwell | 1.30 | Paddington | 0.82 | |
| Chelsea | 1.35 | Poplar | 1.54 | |
| Deptford | 1.35 | St. Marylebone | 1.35 | |
| Finsbury | 1.81 | St. Paricras | 1.48 | |
| Fulham | 1.36 | Shoreditch | 1.9 | |
| Greenwich | 1.41 | Southwark | 1.89 | |
| Hackney | 1.36 | Stepney | 1.56 | |
| Hammersmith | 1.40 | Stoke Newington | 0.69 | |
| Hampstead | 0.73 | Wandsworth | 0.96 | |
| Holborn | 1.98 | Westminster | 1.16 | |
| Islington | 1.31 | Woolwich | 1.01 | |
| Kensington | 1.04 | |||
The Finsbury death rate is seen to be the fifth in order, and is
exceeded by the rates in Bermondsey, Holborn, Shoreditch and
Southwark. Only 20 per cent, of-the Finsbury phthisis patients
who died in 1912 were born in the Borough : 45 per cent. were
born in other metropolitan districts and had migrated into
Finsbury. Twenty-seven per cent. of the deceased patients lived
and slept in one room with the other members of their families.
During the illnesses which preceded their deaths 18 per cent.
had lived in other metropolitan boroughs, and had come into
Firsbury so as to be near the hospitals.
The Treatment of Tuberculosis.—In 1912, the Public