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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 1926
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1926
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The deaths from cancer, whooping cough, diarrhoea, violence
and accidents, are less in 1926.
The deaths from measles, premature birth, and heart disease,
are more in 1926.
Diphtheria and scarlet fever have been less prevalent than
in 1925.
Measles has been much more prevalent in 1926.
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 1926 was estimated by the Registrar-General to be
77,550, which is the figure used in compiling this report.
| Estimated population 1926. | Census population 1921. | Census population 1911. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clerkenwell | 51,362 | 50,322 | 57,121 |
| St. Luke | 25,095 | 24,592 | 28,976 |
| St. Sepulchre | 1,103 | 1,081 | 1,826 |
| Totals | 77,550 | 75,995 | 87,923 |
The estimate does not include the Finsbury residents detained
in the following institutions:—The Holborn Union Institution,
la, Shepherdess Walk, (520); the Holborn and Finsbury Hospital,
Archway Road, Holloway (217); and the Holborn Schools, Mitcham
(180); giving a total of 917. Adding this number to the RegistrarGeneral's
estimate 77,550, we get a corrected population of 78,467
for Finsbury in the middle of the current year.