Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1909 | 128 | 135 | 130 | 300 |
1910 | 121 | 122 | 120 | 71 |
1911 | 154 | 145 | 169 | 181 |
1912 | 112 | 110 | 111 | 210 |
1913 | 139 | 135 | 146 | 200 |
1914 | 118 | 112 | 131 | 121 |
1915 | 128 | 119 | 144 | 111 |
1916 | 124 | 127 | 120 | 61 |
1917 | 118 | 116 | 138 | 0 |
1918 | 110 | 119 | 95 | 111 |
1919 | 89 | 90 | 84 | 166 |
1920 | 74 | 70 | 82 | 105 |
1921 | 92 | 93 | 90 | 83 |
1922 | 82 | 85 | 75 | 154 |
1923 | 61 | 58 | 66 | 0 |
1924 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 153 |
1925 | 5908 | 55.2 | 66.6 | 105.3 |
1926 | 66 | 69 | 62 | 0 |
1927 | 50.3 | 50.8 | 50.7 | 0 |