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The Finsbury death rate is seen to be the fifth in order of magnitude,
and is exceeded by the rates in Shoreditch, Holborn, Southwark,
and Poplar. Only 32 per cent, of the Finsbury phthisis
patients who died in 1914 were born in the Borough; thirty-three
per cent. were born in other metropolitan boroughs and had
migrated into Finsbury. Nineteen per cent, of the deceased
patients lived an3 slept in one room with the other members of
their families ; 38 per cent, occupied two rooms in similar manner.
The streets where the largest number of deaths occurred
were:—
Eight deaths in Lever Street.
Six deaths in Donegal Street.
Four deaths each in Baldwin Street, Clerkenwel! Green, Galway
Street, Rising Hill Street, St. John Street, and White Lion Street.
Three deaths each in Compton Street, Easton Street, Helmet
Row, Roscoe Street, and Warren Street.
Two deaths each in Baron Street, Banner Street, Bowling Green
Lane, Gee Street, Little Sutton Street, Myddelton Street, Northampton
Road, Northampton Buildings, Margaret Street, Old
Street, Penton Street, Radsworth Street, Sadler Street, Sidney
Street, St. Helena Street, Victoria Dwellings and Wenlake
Buildings.
Other Forms of Tuberculosis. - The number of not fications
received was 77; of these 2 could not lie traced. The rest—75—
were derived, from Clerkenwell 47, St. Luke's 27, and St.
Sepulchre 1 case.
The parts affected were as follows: Neck glands, 19; axillary
glands, 1; mesenteric glands and peritoneum, 12; intestines, 6;
bronchial glands, 2; femoral glands, 2; ankle joint, 2; elbow joint,
2; knee joint, 3; hip joint, 9; spine, 3: bones of leg and foot, 1;
sternum, 1; skin of faoe and neck (lupus), 2; chest wall and ribs,
1; larynx, 2; meninges of brain, 12; and testicles, one case.
Five patients had more than one site affected with the disease.
Thirty-five patients were bedridden. Twenty-six were infants
under school age, and not attending school. Twenty-two were
examples of "open tuberculosis," associated with discharges, and
therefore, presumably infectious to those brought into contact