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4. Birth Rates—
Finsbury, 1925 22.6 per 1,000 population.
The area under review 26 per 1,000 population.
5. General Death Rates—
Finsbury, 1925 13.6 per 1,000 population.
The area under review 19.04 per 1,000 population.
6. Infant Mortality Rate—
Finsbury, 1925 59.8 per 1,000 births.
The area under review 136 per 1,000 births.
7. Infectious Disease Notifications—
Finsbury, 1925 644
The area under review 2
Rates per 1,000 population—Finsbury 8.3
Area under review 11.9
8. Tuberculosis Notifications—
Finsbury, 1925 224
The area under review 1
Rates per 1,000 population—Finsbury 2.8
Area under review 5.9
9. Issue of Sanitary Notices, Intimation Notices calling
for the abatement or abolition of various public health
nuisances—
Rate per 100 occupancies—Finsbury, 1925 8.2
Area under review 38
These notices were chiefly in respect of:—
Unsatisfactory water closet accommodation.
Choked or dirty water closets.
Dirty or verminous rooms.
Overcrowding.
Leaky roofs.
Too much importance must not be attached to the figures in
the foregoing statistical tables. The population of the area is too
small to yield reliable and consistent figures—it is subject to the
" fallacy of small numbers," which is treated of in text books on
statistics.
As a result of the enquiry, the Reconstruction Scheme was
approved by the Ministry of Health, and the clearance is now
gradually proceeding.