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11
Deaths from measles (all ages) 0
„ whooping cough (all ages) 6
„ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 11
In comparison with figures for 1936, the following matters are
of interest:—
Diphtheria and scarlet fever showed decreases in 1937.
The number of cases of measles notified in 1937 was
one-third of the number notified in 1936, when the
usual biennial recrudescence of this disease occurred.
The notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis were slightly
more in 1937.
Whooping cough in 1937 diminished by nearly one-half
as compared with 1936.
The number of deaths and the death-rate were higher
in 1937.
The infant mortality was 71 per 1,000 births.
The deaths from influenza, cancer, heart disease, pneumonia,
and violence other than suicide, were more
in 1937.
The deaths due to whooping cough, diphtheria, diabetes,
bronchitis, cerebral haemorrhage and diarrhceal
diseases were less in 1937.
Social Conditions and Character.
The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was formed by the
Local Government Act, 1899. It succeeded and embodied the
administrative Vestries of the Parishes of Clerkenwell, St. Luke
Middlesex, St. Sepulchre Middlesex, The Charterhouse and
Glasshouse Yard.
It is bounded on the south by the City of London, on the
west by the Borough of Holborn, on the north by the Boroughs of
Islington and St. Pancras, and on the east by the Borough of
Shoreditch.