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Borough. With one or two slight exceptions the death rate in
St. Luke tends to show a steady and progressive diminution,
whereas the Clerkenwell death rates are rather uneven from year
to year, This difference between the two districts is possibly to
be associated with the fact that the population in St. Luke is, as
compared with Clerkenwell, believed to be more stable, less
migratory.
The factor for age correction derived from the recent census
is -9887. This factor enables one district to be compared with
another, and smooths down the irregularities which depend upon
differences in the ages and sexes of the populations of the different
areas.
Multiplying this number by 18.5, the crude death rate, gives a
corrected death rate of 18.3 per 1,000.
There is, however, still another correction to be made in the
case of Finsbury due to the number of residents detained in
institutions outside the Borough. When these are taken into
account the crude death rate becomes 18.1 per 1,000.
This, multiplied by the factor 9887 gives a fully corrected
death rate of 17.8 per 1,000.
The comparison of Finsbury with the rest of the country may
be seen below :—
Corrected Death Rates for 1912.
England and Wales 13.3
London 14.3
Finsbury 18.3
95 Great Towns 14.6
146 Smaller Towns 13.0
Rural Districts 12.1
The Finsbury deaths were apportioned as follows:—
Clerkenwell, 1,009; St. Luke's, 552; St. Sepulchre 38 deaths.