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Deaths from measles (all ages) 1
„ whooping cough (all ages) 7
„ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 16
In comparison with figures for 1937, the following matters are
of interest:—
Diphtheria showed a slight decrease in 1938.
Scarlet fever was somewhat more prevalent.
The number of cases of measles notified in 1938 was
higher than in 1937.
The notifications of all forms of tuberculosis were less in
1938.
Whooping cough was much more prevalent in 1938 as
compared with 1937.
The number of deaths and the death-rate were lower
in 1938.
The infant mortality was 73 per 1,000 births.
The deaths due to influenza, tuberculosis, cancer, heart
disease, pneumonia and other respiratory diseases and
violence were all less in 1938.
In the case of no single disease was the increase in deaths
of any note.
Social Conditions and Character.
The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was formed by the
London 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.