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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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including the Public Baths. The assimilation of such knowledge
should help to prevent many unnecessary accidents whether in the
home or the streets.
The following table shows the general birth and death rates and infant mortality in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs:—
| Borough. | Estimated Resident Population (mid-1937). | Live Births Rate per 1,000 Population. | Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude. | Adjusted. | ||||
| West Districts. | |||||
| Paddington | 138,300 | 13.65 | 13.05 | 12.91 | 66 |
| Kensington | 175,600 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 83 |
| Hammersmith | 126,500 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 68 |
| F ulham | 138,900 | 13.9 | 13.08 | 13.2 | 56 |
| Chelsea | 56,510 | 10.8 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 59 |
| Westminster | 124,300 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 58.7 |
| North Districts. | |||||
| St. Marylebone | 92,110 | 9.36 | 13.10 | 12.98 | 73 |
| Hampstead | 90,690 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 54 |
| St. Pancras | 181,900 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 62 |
| Islington | 295,400 | 15.25 | 12.9 | 13.02 | 66 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,250 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 37.5 |
| Hackney | 206,700 | 13.8 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 43.38 |
| Central Districts. | |||||
| Holborn | 34,600 | 8.09 | 11.85 | 12.68 | 79 |
| Finsbury | 58,700 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 71 |
| City of London | 8,980 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 36.3 |
| East Districts. | |||||
| Shoreditch | 82,240 | 14.86 | 12.47 | 13.72 | 54 |
| Bethnal Green | 94,560 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 54 |
| Stepney | 203,100 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 14.2 | 60.5 |
| Poplar | 136,800 | 15.5 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 61 |
| South Districts. | |||||
| Southwark | 147,400 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 64 |
| Bermondsey | 98,790 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 59 |
| Lambeth | 273,800 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 68 |
| Battersea | 143,500 | 14.94 | 12.89 | 12.76 | 70.43 |
| Wandsworth | 341,700 | 11.53 | 12.36 | 11.43 | 62 |
| Camberwell | 224,800 | 14.08 | 12.83 | 12.83 | 58 |
| Deptford | 96,580 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 45 |
| Greenwich | 95,990 | 13.88 | 12.03 | 12.27 | 50 |
| Lewisham | 226,000 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 46 |
| Woolwich | 149,400 | 14.2 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 40 |