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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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| In-habited. | Separate occupiers. | Population. | Uninhabited. | Being built. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary dwelling houses | 5,574 | 14,249 | 56,592 | 452 | 18 |
| Blocks of flats | 206 | 4,246 | 17,946 | — | — |
| Shops | 1,260 | 2,034 | 8,120 | 212 | 1 |
| Hotels and public houses | 225 | 239 | 1,688 | 5 | — |
| Offices, workshops & factories | 232 | 311 | 1,162 | 58 | 4 |
| Institutions | 37 | 38 | 1,627 | — | — |
| Separate flats, included in the blocks. | 4,243 | 4,246 | 17,946 | 251 | — |
In addition there are in the district the following buildings not
used as dwellings:—Places of Worship 38, Government and
Municipal Buildings 7, Shops 502, Offices 89, Workshops and
Factories 1661, and 2 Places of Amusement.
The average number of persons per inhabited building was in
1911, 11.52 ; in 1901, 10.98.
The average number ot persons per family was in 1911 for all
dwellings 4.14, for ordinary dwelling houses 3.97. The average
number of persons per family for all dwellings in 1901 was
4-21.
BIRTHS.—During 1912 there were registered 2,579 births of
Finsbury residents—equal to a birth-rate of 29.9 per 1,000 inhabitants.
This is the lowest birth-rate since the borough was
formed. The number of births is also the lowest yet recorded
The birth-rate for Finsbury still keeps higher than the birth-rate
for the whole of England of Wales, and does not fall to the same
appreciable extent.