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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 1927
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1927
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The corresponding birth rates for the rest of the country are attached :—
| England and Wales | 16.7 |
| London | 16.1 |
| Finsbury | 19.2 |
| 107 great towns | 17.1 |
| 155 smaller towns | 16.4 |
The number of Finsbury births reported as illegitimate was 58.
The number of deaths in illegitimate children under one year
was two.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS, 1907 AND 1915. The statistics for the last five years are given in the accompanying table.
| Year | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Birthsnotified | 3,510 | 3,421 | 3,167 | 3,362 | 3,169 | 2,955 |
| Percentage attended by Doctors | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Percentage attended by Midwives | 28.4 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 31.2 | 25.2 | 28.1 |
| Finsbury Still Births notified | 59 | 51 | 42 | 41 | 47 | 31 |
| Finsbury Birth registered | 1,934 | 1,844 | 1,662 | 1,754 | 1,659 | 1,449 |
The number of Finsbury births notified in 1927 was 1,484.
Notifications were received of 15 sets of twins. The percentage
of births notified by parents was 8.0, by medical men 2.2, by midwives
28.1, by hospitals, infirmaries and nursing homes 21.8, and
by others, chiefly medical students and midwifery students was
39.9 per cent. The mothers of this last group were all attended
gratuitously in their confinements by medical students and student
midwives from various hospitals and institutions. In 1927 the
number of instances in which parents omitted to notify was 81.
To these a printed form was sent drawing attention to the omission.