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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1926.
STATISTICS.—A summary of the principal facts of the statistics
for 1926 is given below :—
Area (acres) 587
Estimated civilian population at
the middle of 1926 77,550
Finsbury residents in outlying
institutions at the end of June,
1926 917
Number of inhabited houses
(structurally separate dwellings),
Census, 1921 10,889
Number of families or separate
occupiers (Census, 1921) 20,005
Rateable value £1,239,950
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,952
Birth rate, Finsbury 21.4 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Birth rate, London 17.1 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Birth rate, England and Wales17.8 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death rate, Finsbury 12.9 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death rate, London 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death rate, England and Wales 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Infant mortality, Finsbury 66.0 per 1,000 births.
Infant mortality, London 64.0 per 1,000 births.
Infant mortality, England & Wales 70.0 per 1,000 births.
Phthisis death rate, Finsbury 1.13 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Finsbury death rate from all forms
of tuberculosis 1.29 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In comparison with the results for 1925, the following matters
are of interest:—
The number of births and the birth rate are less in 1926.
The general death rate is lower in 1926.
The death rates for consumption of the lungs and for all
forms of tuberculosis are both less in 1926.
The infant mortality is higher in 1926.