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Finsbury 1923
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923
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The deaths from measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough,
diphtheria, influenza, phthisis and tuberculous diseases
other than tuberculous meningitis), bronchitis, pneumonia,
puerperal fever, violence and suicide, are less in
1923.
The deaths from erysipelas, tuberculous meningitis, cancer,
diarrhoea, and diseases and accidents of pregnancy and
parturition, are more in 1923.
Scarlet fever and diphtheria have been much less prevalent
than in 1922.
POPULATION.
At the Decennial Census made on the 19th-20th June, 1921,
the population of Finsbury was given as 75,995. The RegistrarGeneral,
however, in view of information obtained by him as to
the movements of population, considered the population to be
76,019, in the middle of 1921. The population of Finsbury at
the middle of 1923 was estimated by the Registrar-General to be
77,230, which is the figure used in compiling this report.
Estimate of Population 1923.
| E-timated population 1923. | Census population 1921. | Census population 1911. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clerkenwell | 51,140 | 50,322 | 57,121 |
| St. Luke.. | 24,991 | 24,592 | 28,976 |
| St. Sepulchre | 1,099 | 1,081 | 1,826 |
| Totals | 77,230 | 75,995 | 87,923 |
The estimate does not include the Finsbury residents detained
in the following institutions :—The Holborn Union Institution,
la, Shepherdess Walk (620) ; the Holborn and Finsbury Hospital,
Archway Road, Holloway (257), and the Holborn Schools,
Mitcham (205), giving a total of 1,082. Adding this number to
the Registrar-General's estimate 77,230, we get a corrected
population ot 78,312 for Finsbury in the middle of the current
year.