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The comparison with London and with England and Wales
as a whole may be made by means of the attached table : —

It will be noted that in recent years the Finsbury death rates
are less than those prevailing in London and England and Wales.
This result is probably due to the excellent way in which the
Borough is served by the General and Maternity Hospitals, in and
near the Borough and by the Maternity Nursing Association. The
Council pays for the use of beds for special or necessitous cases of
mothers who are confined in the City of London Maternity Hospital.
In addition, the Council has an arrangement with the Metropolitan
District Nursing Association, 31, Bedford Place, W.C.I, for the
nursing of poor lying-in mothers in their homes and of special
cases of mothers suffering from the diseases or accidents of
pregnancy.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. —Thirty-one cases were notified in
1927. The children were all visited from the Public Health Department
and the mothers were shown how to carry out the treatment
advised by the doctors. Eight of the patients were sent into
hospital; thirteen attended Moorfields Eye Hospital, one attended
University College Hospital and one attended St. Bartholomew's
Hospital as out-patients. Seven cases were attended at home by
private doctors or doctors from institutions. One case was reported
from an institution in the Borough. In no case was impairment
of vision reported.
DEATHS AND DEATH RATES.
The number of Finsbury residents who died in 1927 was 1,010 ;
equivalent to a death rate for the whole Borough of 13.4 per 1,000
inhabitants living. The death rate for the whole of London was
11.9 per 1,000.