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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
Finsbury 1910
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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assume the character of what is popularly known as "galloping
consumption"—in which the progress of the disease is swift and
the wasting well marked.
The ages of death are shown in the table:—
| Age. | 10-20 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-60 | 60-70 | 70-80 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Males | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| No. of Females | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
The youngest was a man age 28, the oldest a woman aged 71
years.
Only three of the whole number of cases were connected with
the trade.
Thirteen of the cases died in the Workhouse and Workhouse
Infirmary.
Of the males there were 5 porters, 4 labourers, 3 printers, and
2 clerks, other occupations claimed one each.
The mortality from Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Liver in
England and Wales had been gradually increasing for many years
and especially in the period 1896 to 1900. It reached its highest
point in 1900 and has been steadily declining ever since.
CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS.
Notification.—Voluntary notification of phthisis was adopted
in Finsbury in 1900. Poor Law patients with Phthisis are now
compulsorily notifiable under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1908, of the Local Government Board, which came
into force on the 1st January, 1909.