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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1925.
STATISTICS.—A summary of the principal facts of the statistic3
for 1925 is given below:—
Area (acres) 587
Estimated civilian population at
the middle of 1925 77,560
Finsbury residents in outlying
institutions at the end of June,
1925 988
Number of inhabited houses
(structurally separate dwellings),
Census, 1921 10,889
Number of families or separate
occupiers (Census, 1921) 20,005
Rateable value £1,108,656
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,481
Birth rate, Finsbury 22.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Birth rate, London 18.0 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Birth rate, England and Wales 18 3 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death rate, Finsbury 13.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death rate, London 11.7 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death rate, England and Wales 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Infant mortality, Finsbury 59.8 per 1,000 births.
Infant mortality, London 67.0 per 1,000 births.
Infant mortality, England & Wales 75.0 per 1,000 births.
Phthisis death rate, Finsbury 14.3 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Finsbury death rate from all forms
of tuberculosis 1.62 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In comparison with the results for 1924, the following matters
are of interest—
The number of births and the birth rate are less in 1925.
The general death rate is lower in 1925.
The death rate for consumption of the lungs and from all
forms of tuberculosis are both higher in 1925.
The infant mortality is much lower in 1925.