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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
St Luke 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]
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1895. District. Births. Deaths.
Population, 1894 41,894 City Road 1,124 618
Annual decrease 182 Whitecross St. 261 142
Finsbury 91 55
41,712
1,476= 815
35.3 per 1000
Deaths in outlying Institutions 401 = 82.9
per cent.
1,216 = 291
per 1000
Deaths under 5 years of age, 591 = 48.6 per cent.
1896. District. Births. Deaths.
Population, 1895 41,712 Old Street &
Decrease 185 City Road 1,171 475
Whitecross St. 254 124
Ascertained pop. 41,527 Finsbury 84 46
1,509= 645
36.3 per 1000
Deaths in outlying Institutions 410 = 38.3
per cent.
1,055 = 25.4
per 1000
Deaths under 5 years of age, 483 = 36.3 per cent.