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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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The following table compares Finsbury with London and
England and Wales generally :—
Infant Mortality for 1912.
England and Wales 95
Whole of London 90
Finsbury 112
95 Great Towns 101
146 Smaller Towns 98
Essentially Rural Districts 86
The infant mortality of Finsbury is 24 per cent. greater than
the figures for the whole of London, and 11 per cent. more than
the mortality prevailing in the 95 great towns.
The rates for the Metropolitan Boroughs are appended below :—

Table: The rates for the Metropolitan Boroughs are appended below:— Infant Mortality, 1912.

The rates for the Metropolitan Boroughs are appended below:— Infant Mortality, 1912.

Battersea83Lambeth73
Bermondsey114Lewisham69
Bethnal Green96City of London26
Camberwell83Paddington98
Chelsea70Poplar112
Deptford89St. Marylebone93
Finsbury112St Pancras88
Fulham94Sboreditch125
Greenwich84Southwark105
Hackney80Stepney110
Hammersmith91Stoke Newington70
Holborn78Wandsworth76
Hampstead64Westminster83
Islington86Woolwich73
Kensington92

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The infant deaths for the last 4 yeart., distributed by streets, are
subjoined.—