London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 following table shows the general birth and death rates and infant mortality in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs and in London, and in England and Wales during 1926.
| Births, annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death Rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year, to 1,000 births. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 17.1 | 11.6 | 64 |
| Paddington | 15.3 | 12.6 | 86 |
| Kensington | 15.1 | 12.8 | 60 |
| Hammersmith | 16.3 | 11.4 | 66 |
| Fulham | 16.2 | 10.8 | 64 |
| Chelsea | 13.3 | 12.5 | 64 |
| City of Westminster | 11.3 | 11.6 | 59.7 |
| St. Marylebone | 12.7 | 11.9 | 81 |
| Hampstead | 12.3 | 10.6 | 60 |
| St. Pancras | 16.7 | 12.4 | 76 |
| Islington | 19.0 | 12.0 | 66 |
| Stoke Newington | 16.0 | 10.7 | 48 |
| Hackney | 17.2 | 10.8 | 59 |
| Holborn | 12.38 | 12.1 | 90 |
| Finsbury | 21.4 | 12.9 | 66 |
| City of London | 7.1 | 10.4 | 66 |
| Shoreditch | 23.5 | 12.2 | 66 |
| Bethnal Green | 20.9 | 11.6 | 70 |
| Stepney | 19.4 | 11.5 | 65 |
| Poplar | 21.6 | 11.4 | 70 |
| Southwark | 20.2 | 12.7 | 70 |
| Bermondsey | 19.6 | 12.1 | 60 |
| Lambeth | 17.9 | 11.5 | 38.4 |
| Battersea | 17.3 | 11.4 | 61.6 |
| Wandsworth | 14.1 | 10.37 | 64 |
| Camberwell | 16.6 | 11.0 | 70 |
| Deptford | 18.2 | 11.3 | 56 |
| Greenwich | 17.7 | 10.8 | 61 |
| Lewisham | 15.3 | 10.0 | 40 |
| Woolwich | 17.4 | 10.2 | 43 |
| England and Wales | 17.8 | 11.6 | 70 |