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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1923.
STATISTICS.—A summary of the principal facts of the
statistics for 1923 is given below :—
Area (acres) 587
Estimated civilian population at
the middle of 1923 77,230
Finsbury residents in outlying
institutions at the end of June,
1923 1,082
Number of inhabited houses
(structurally separate dwellings),
Census, 1921 10,889
Number of families or separate
occupiers (Census, 1921) 20,005
Rateable value £1,094,253
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,415
Birth rate. Finsbury 23.9 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Birth rate, London 20.2 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Birth rate, England and Wales 19.7 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death rate, Finsbury 13.0 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death rate, London 11.2 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death rate, England and Wales 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Infant mortality, Finsbury 60.7 per 1,000 births.
Infant mortality, London 60.0 per 1,000 births.
Infant mortality, England & Wales 69.0 per 1,000 births.
Phthisis death rate, Finsbury 1.16 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Finsbury death rate from all forms
of tuoerculosis 1.33 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In comparision with the results for 1922, the following matters
are of interest—
The number of births and the birth rate are less in 1923.
The general death rate is much lower in 1923.
The death rate for consumption of the lungs and from all
forms of tuberculosis are both lower in 1923.
The infant mortality is much lower in 1923.