London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1925
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1925
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The following table shows the general birth and death rates and infant mortality in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs ana in London, and in England and Wales during 1925.
| Births annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death Rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year, to 1.000 births. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 18.0 | 11.7 | 670 |
| Paddington | 15.9 | 12.1 | 72 |
| Kensington | 15.8 | 13.2 | 78 |
| Hammersmith | 17.5 | 11.9 | 65 |
| Fulham | 16.9 | 10.7 | 76 |
| Chelsea | 14.4 | 13.6 | 69 |
| City of Westminster | 10.7 | 12.3 | 69 |
| St. Marylebone | 14.1 | 11.6 | 63 |
| Hampstead | 12.0 | 10.2 | 55 |
| St. Pancras | 17.9 | 12.7 | 72 |
| Islington | 19.4 | 12.26 | 63 |
| Stoke Newington | 15.8 | 11.2 | 61 |
| Hackney | 17.9 | 10.9 | 65 |
| Holborn | 12.16 | 12.51 | 63 |
| Finsbury | 22.6 | 13.6 | 59-. |
| City of London | 7.5 | 11.8 | 60 |
| Shoreditch | 24.6 | 13.3 | 88 |
| Bethnal Green | 21.9 | 12.0 | 80.6 |
| Stepney | 21.2 | 11.9 | 73 |
| Poplar | 22.7 | 11.7 | 75 |
| Southwark | 21.2 | 13.1 | 77 |
| Bermondsey | 23.4 | 12.6 | 78 |
| Lambeth | 24.6 | 12.1 | 44.8 |
| Battersea | 18.5 | 10.5 | 58.1 |
| Wandsworth | 14.31 | 10.43 | 52 |
| Camberwell | 17.7 | 11.1 | 64.7 |
| Deptford | 18.8 | 12.1 | 63 |
| Greenwich | 18.8 | 11.23 | 70 |
| Lewisham | 15.6 | 10.3 | 55 |
| Woolwich | 18.3 | 10.8 | 55 |
| England and Wales | 18.3 | 12.2 | 79 |