Report on the public health of 1903.

  • Finsbury (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Report on the public health of 1903. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    17 Mortality from All Causes at Subjoined Ages, 1898—1903. At all Ages. Under 1 Year. 1 and under 5. 5 and under 15. 15 and under 25. 25 and under 65. 65 and upwards. Total Birth Rate. Total Death Rate. 1898 2,480 682 409 79 80 831 399 33·7 24·4 1899 2,629 662 363 87 84 940 493 32·9 25·8 1900 2,479 574 351 76 78 937 462 32·1 24·4 1901 2,161 533 290 82 94 764 398 37·3 21·3 1902 2,283 558 339 81 82 805 418 36·0 22·7 Average for 5 years 2,406 602 350 81 83 855 434 34·4 23·7 1903 1,993 503 268 53 78 716 375 31·4 19·8 INFANTILE MORTALITY, The infantile mortality of a district is the annual number of deaths of children under one year of age to every thousand births during the same year. Such a return is of considerable value, as it is one of the most reliable tests of the health of a community and of the sanitary condition of a district. It has a characteristic value for two reasons, migration does not greatly affect the distribution of deaths at this early age, and life is very susceptible to its surroundings. Hence such a record of deaths affords a delicate index as to the prevalence of disease and the external circumstances of life affecting it. During 1903, as we have seen, there were 3,664 births in Finsbury. This includes the births in the City Eoad Lying-in Hospital. The total deaths of infants under one year was 503, out of the whole total of deaths of 1,993. The infantile mortality rate