Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1926.

  • Finsbury (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1927
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Credit: Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1926. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6 The deaths from cancer, whooping cough, diarrhoea, violence and accidents, are less in 1926. The deaths from measles, premature birth, and heart disease, are more in 1926. Diphtheria and scarlet fever have been less prevalent than in 1925. Measles has been much more prevalent in 1926. POPULATION. At the Decennial Census made on the 19th-20th June, 1921, the population of Finsbury was given as 75,995. The Registrar General, however, in view of information obtained by him as to the movements of population, considered the population to be 76,019 in the middle of 1921. The population of Finsbury at the middle of 1926 was estimated by the Registrar-General to be 77,550, which is the figure used in compiling this report. Estimate of Population 1926. Estimated population 1926. Census population 1921. Census population 1911. Clerkenwell 51,362 50,322 57,121 St. Luke 25,095 24,592 28,976 St. Sepulchre 1,103 1,081 1,826 Totals 77,550 75,995 87,923 The estimate does not include the Finsbury residents detained in the following institutions:—The Holborn Union Institution, la, Shepherdess Walk, (520); the Holborn and Finsbury Hospital, Archway Road, Holloway (217); and the Holborn Schools, Mitcham (180); giving a total of 917. Adding this number to the Registrar General's estimate 77,550, we get a corrected population of 78,467 for Finsbury in the middle of the current year.