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5
VITAL STATISTICS.
SUMMARY.—The prominent facts of the Annual Report for
1912 are given in short below :—
Estimated Population at the
middle of 1912 86,130.
Finsbury Residents in outlying
Institutions 2,127
Birth Rate 29.9 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death Rate 18.5 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Infant Mortality 112 per 1,000 births.
Death Rate from Phthisis 1.81 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death Rate from all forms of
Tuberculosis 2.31 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death Rate from the seven Chief
Zymotic Diseases 2.51 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Noticeable features derived from this return are:—
The declining birth rate.
The number of births is still diminishing.
The death rate is lower than last year.
The death rates from phthisis and from all forms of tuberculosis
are practically the same as they were in 1911.
The large increase in the number of deaths due to Measles
The slight increase in the deaths attributed to Hooping
Cough and Influenza
The lessened number of deaths due to Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Diarrhoea and Enteritis.
The lessened prevalence of Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever
and Diphtheria.
The great prevalence of Measles.
The diminished Infantile Mortality—the lowest since the
Borough was formed in 1901.
POPULATION.—The population of the Borough at the middle
of 1912 was estimated by the Registrar-General to be 86,130,
distributed as follows :—
Clerkenwell 55,966
St.Luke 28,829
St. Sepulchre 1,335
86,130