Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION A.
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area.
Area (in acres) | 587 | |||
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population 1937 | 58,700 | |||
Number of inhabited houses end of 1937 (according to Rate Books) | 9,019 | |||
Rateable value | £1,239,431 | |||
Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,800 | |||
Extracts from vital statistics of the year:— | ||||
Live Births:— | ||||
Total. | Males. | Females. | ||
Legitimate | 771 | 373 | 398 | |
Illegitimate | 41 | 23 | 18 | |
Birth Rate per 1,000 population Finsbury | 13.8 | |||
London | 13.3 | |||
England and Wales ... | 14.9 | |||
Deaths :— | ||||
Total. | Males. | Females. | ||
857 | 439 | 418 | ||
Death Rate per 1,000 population Finsbury | 14.6 | |||
London | 12.3 | |||
England and Wales | 12.4 | |||
Deaths from puerperal causes:— | Rate per 1,000 total | |||
Deaths. | (live) births. | |||
Puerperal sepsis | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Other puerperal causes | 1 | 1.23 | ||
Deaths not classed to pregnancy and child-bearing but associated therewith | 1 | 1.23 | ||
Total Maternal Mortality | 2 | 2.46 | ||
Death Rate of infants under one year of age:— | ||||
All infants per 1,000 live births Finsbury | 71 | |||
London | 60 | |||
England and Wales | 58 | |||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 70 | |||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 98 |