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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 1937
[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 | |||