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Finsbury 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION "A" - VITAL STATISTICS
AREA: The area of the Borough is 587 acres.
POPULATION: The Registrar-General's estimate of resident civilian
population was 26,740. In 1938 the estimated
population was 56,960.
BIRTHS: The total number of live births belonging to the Borough
occurring during 1944 was 427, including 47 illegitimate
births, and consisting of 229 males and 198 females,
giving a birth rate of 16.0 per 1,000 population. The
total number of births during 1943 was 466.
STILL-BIRTHS: The total number of still-births allocated to the Borough
during the year was 11. This figure represents 2.51%
of the total births, and .41 per 1,000 civilian
population, compared with .42 for London Administrative
County and .50 for England and Wales.
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DEATHS: The total number of deaths belonging to the Borough
registered during 1944 was 533, consisting of 281 males
and 252 females, giving a death rate per 1,000
population of 19.9. The total number for 1943 was 487.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 1938 - 1944 Owing to the ban on the publication of population figures during the war some of the following information, which is based on statistical data supplied by the Registrar-General, has not appeared in previous annual reports:
| 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 56,960 | 55,110 | 40,090 | 30,280 | 28,420 | 27,830 | 26,740 | |
| Birth rate (per 1000 population) | 13.0 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 16.0 | |
| Death rate ( -do- ) | 12.9 | 13.6 | 23.1 | 24.7 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 19.9 | |
| Maternal Mortality (per 1000 live births) | 4.05 | 0 | 3.68 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |
| Death rate, infants under 1 ( -do- ) | 73 | 33.5 | 68 | 70.4 | 64 | 56 | 47 | |
| Death rate of illegitimate infants under 1 (per 1000 illeglive births) | 51 | 131.6 | 167 | 125 | 76.9 | 83.3 | 128 | |
| Still births (percent-age of total births) | 4.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.04 | 2.92 | 2.51 | |
| T.B.Death rate per 1000 inhabitants (all forms) | 0.67 | 0.78 | 1.77 | 1.65 | 1.72 | 1.33 | 1.46 | |
| Illegitimate Births. | 39. | 38. | 36. | 33. | 39. | 24. | 47. | |