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Finsbury 1927

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1927

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During the same period the births have numbered 33,669 and
the resulting average infant mortality for the last 17 years has been
101 per 1,000 births.
The infant deaths in 1927 were chiefly in the following streets :
Bastwick Street (2), Busaco Street (2), Crawford Passage (2),
Farringdon Road (2), Gee Street (2), King's Cross Road (2), Leage
Street (2), Risinghill Street (2), Lever Street (2), Seward Street (2),
Warren Street (2), Wynford Road (2), Donegal Street (3), Little
Sutton Street (4), Macclesfield Street (4), Southampton Street (2).
In 1927 the infant deaths were in Clerkenwell 46, in St. Luke's
27, and in St. Sepulchre, 0 deaths.
Infant Mortality by Districts. —The infant mortality rates for
the period 1909 —1927, arranged according to districts, are given
in the subjoined table.

Infant Mortality, 1909-27.

Year.The Borough.Clerkenwell.St. Luke's.St. Sepulchre.
1909128135130300
191012112212071
1911154145169181
1912112110111210
1913139135146200
1914118112131121
1915128119144111
191612412712061
19171181161380
191811011995111
1919899084166
1920747082105
192192939083
1922828575154
19236158660
1924757279153
1925590855.266.6105.3
19266669620
192750.350.850.70