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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 deaths from tuberculosis, cancer, heart disease, and
diarrhoea, are more in 1925.
The deaths from measles, whooping cough, diphtheria,
influenza bronchitis and pneumonia, are less in 1925.
Diphtheria and scarlet fever have been much more prevalent
than in 1924.
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 1925 was estimated by the Registrar-General to be
77,560, which is the figure used in compiling this report.
Estimate of Population 1925.
| Estimated population 1925. | Census population 1921. | Census population 1911. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clerkenwell | 51,358 | 50,322 | 57,121 |
| St. Luke | 24,095 | 24,592 | 28,976 |
| St. Sepulchre | 2,107 | 1,081 | 1,826 |
| Totals | 77,560 | 75,995 | 87,923 |
The estimate does not include the Finsbury residents detained
in the following institutions The Holborn Union Institution,
la, Shepherdess Walk (560); the Holborn and Finsbury Hospital,
Archway Road, Holloway (224), and the Holborn Schools,
Mitcham (204), giving a total of 988. Adding this number to
the Registrar-General's estimate 77,560, we get a corrected
population of 78,548 for Finsbury in the middle of the current
year.