Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1925
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During the same period the births have numbered 30,561 and
the resulting average infant mortality for the last 15 years has been
105 per 1,000 births.
The infant deaths in 1925 were chiefly in the following streets:
Southampton Street (2), Wynyatt Street (2), Berkeley Court (2),
Sekforde Street (2), Rosoman Street (2), Coldbath Buildings (3),
Muriel Street (2), Godson Street (2), White Lion Street (2), Northampton
Buildings (4), Risinghill Street (2), Busaco Street (3),
Donegal Street (4).
Lever Street (10) Seward Street (3), Guest Street (2), Gee
Street (3), Bastwick Street (4), Sydney Street (2), Langton Avenue
(2), Helmet Row (2), Ironmonger Street (3), Elizabeth Place (2),
City Road (4).
In 1925 the infant deaths were in Clerkenwell 61, in St. Luke's
42, and in St Sepulchre, 2 deaths.
Year. | The Borough | Clerkenwell. | St. Lukes. | St. Sepulchre |
---|---|---|---|---|
1909 | 128 | 135 | 130 | 300 |
1910 | 121 | 122 | 120 | 71 |
1911 | 154 | 145 | 169 | 181 |
1912 | 112 | 110 | 111 | 210 |
1913 | 139 | 135 | 146 | 200 |
1914 | 118 | 112 | 131 | 121 |
1915 | 128 | 118 | 144 | 111 |
1916 | 124 | 127 | 120 | 62 |
1917 | 118 | 116 | 138 | 0 |
1918 | 110 | 119 | 95 | 111 |
1919 | 89 | 90 | 84 | 166 |
1920 | 74 | 70 | 82 | 105 |
1921 | 92 | 93 | 90 | 83 |
1922 | 82 | 85 | 75 | 154 |
1923 | 61 | 58 | 66 | 0 |
1924 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 153 |
1925 | 59.8 | 55.2 | 66.6 | 105.3 |