Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops.

  • Finsbury (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    27 INFANTILE MORTALITY. The corrected number of births of Finsbury children for 1909 is 2,857. In the same year 366 children died, under one year of age, and belonging to the Borough. The infantile mortality for any year is obtained by multiplying the number of deaths under one year by 1,000 and dividing the result by the number of births for that year. It is a measure of the number of deaths under one year, per 1,000 births. The infantile mortality of the borough for 1909 is 128; put properly this means that out of every 1,000 children born during the year 128 died before reaching their first birthday. The corresponding figures for preceding years are annexed :— ]Year. Corrected Births. Corrected Deaths. Infantile Mortality. 1901 3,254 533 163 1902 3,191 558 174 1903 3,162 503 159 1904 3,095 522 168 1905 2,886 429 148 1906 3,012 474 157 1907 2,884 368 127 1908 2,916 400 137 1909 2,857 366 128 It will be seen that the figure for 1909 is practically the same as that for 1907, and that these two results are lower than they have ever been since the Borough was incorporated in 1901. The following table compares Finsbury with London and England and Wales generally :— Infantile Mortality or 1909. England and Wales 109 Whole of London 108 FINSBURY 128 76 Great Towns 118 143 Smaller Towns 111 Essentially Rural Districts 98