Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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TABLE O. INVESTIGATION OF INFANT DEATHS, 1904-1908.
1904 to 1908 | Cause of Death. | Method of Feeding. | Mother's Health. * | Mother's Work. | Condition of Tenement, | Number of Rooms in Tenement. | Age in Months. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Breast only. | Breast, &c. | Cows Milk. | Artificial & Condensed. | Not Fed. | Good. | Indifferent. | Bad. | None. | Away from Home. | Intermittent. | Some Home Work. | Clean. | Fair. | Dirty. | One. | Two. | Three. | Four or more. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
338 | Diarrhæa | 41 | 12 | 171 | 92 | 102 | 31 | 9 | 225 | 49 | 29 | 35 | 179 | 112 | 47 | 1 11 | 143 | 55 | 29 | 13 | 30 | 33 | 53 | 44 | 30 | 25 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 24 | |
221 | Prematurity | 52 | 9 | 46 | 6 | 108 | 52 | 37 | 23 | 148 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 146 | 57 | 18 | 68 | 85 | 46 | 22 | 199 | 16 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
154 | Marasmus | .35 | 27 | 68 | 22 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 9 | 102 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 68 | 57 | 29 | 62 | 67 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
67 | Atrophy and Developmental | 21 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
113 | Bronchitis | 56 | 20 | 23 | 14 | - | 35 | 10 | 5 | 78 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 53 | 49 | 11 | 25 | 48 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
164 | Pneumonia | 66 | 35 | 43 | 19 | 1 | 63 | 31 | 5 | 110 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 71 | 68 | 25 | 43 | 75 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 28 |
92 | Convulsions | 43 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 62 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 59 | 28 | 5 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
99 | Suffocation | 72 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 63 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 11 | 35 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
49 | Measles | 13 | 13 | 16 | 7 | _ | 23 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2. | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
47 | Whooping Cough | 23 | 8 | 11 | 5 | — | 19 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
48 | Tuberculosis | 17 | 11 | 13 | 7 | — | 11 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
35 | Meningitis, including Tuberculous | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | __ | 24 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 11 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | I |
133 | Miscellaneous | 69 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 88 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 75 | 44 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 25 | 11 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | II |
1560 | 532 | 204 | 472 | 199 | 153 | 522 | 231 | 77 | 1030 | 179 | 201 | 150 | 826 | 545 | 189 | 487 | 670 | 277 | 126 | 416 | 151 | 144 | 128 | 112 | 98 | 87 | 83 | 78 | 84 | 77 | 102 | |
% | 34.5 | 13 | 3°.5 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 28 | 9 | 66 | 11.5 | 13 | 9.5 | 53 | 35 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 5 | 6.5 |
* Enquiries as to this point were only commenced in 1906. The total number regarding which information was obtained, is 830.