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 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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TABLE N. ENQUIRIES INTO INFANTS DEATHS, 1909.
Totals. | 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 and o:her food. | Cows' Milk. | Artificial or Condensed. | Died soon after birth. | Good. | Indifferent. | Bad. | Home work only. | Away from Home. | Away from Home intermittently. | Some Home work. | Clean. | Fairly Clean. | Dirty. | One. | Two. | Three. | Four or more. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
49 | Diarrhœa | 10 | 11 | 17 | 11 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 8 | l7 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - |
32 | Prematurity | 10 | 1 | 7 | — | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | — |
22 | Marasmus | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | - | 9 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | — |
34 | Atrophy & Developmental Diseases | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 5 | _ | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13 | Bronchitis | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | - | 1 | — | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
34 | Pneumonia | 16 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | 23 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
13 | Convulsions | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | _ | 9 | - | 4 | - | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | -_ | 2 |
18 | Suffocation | 12 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 14 | 4 | - | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
14 | Measles | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | 9 | 5 | — | 9 | - | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | - | - | — | - | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
15 | Hooping Cough | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 |
4 | Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
12 | Meningitis includ ing Tuberculous | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 11 | i | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
5 | Miscellaneous | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
265 | 104 | 38 | 65 | 33 | 25 | 172 | 77 | 16 | 158 | 38 | 35 | 34 | 145 | 89 | 31 | 79 | 113 | 48 | 25 | 72 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 17 |