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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 1913
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1913
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The deaths of infants allocated to the various diseases are given in the following table, which contains the records for the last seven years:-
| 1913. | 1912. | 1907-11. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 7 | 29 | 79 | 115 | ||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Hooping Cough | 11 | 16 | 66 | 93 | ||
| Gastritis | 3 | — | 4 | 7 | ||
| Diarrhoea | 39 | 8 | 257 | 304 | ||
| Enteritis | 40 | 26 | 84 | 150 | ||
| Premature Birth | 58 | 46 | 335 | 439 | ||
| Congenital Defects | 4 | 4 | 43 | 51 | ||
| Marasmus | 20 | 29 | 223 | 272 | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 6 | 31 | 41 | |||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 9 | 6 | 29 | 44 | ||
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Syphilis | 7 | 10 | 36 | 53 | ||
| Convulsions | 3 | 15 | 50 | 68 | ||
| Bronchitis | 21 | 16 | 117 | 154 | ||
| Pneumonia | 59 | 39 | 247 | 345 | ||
| Overlain in bed | 17 | 11 | 103 | 131 | ||
| Other Causes | 41 | 25 | 170 | 236 | ||
| Totals | 348 | 290 | 1,887 | 2,525 | ||
During these yea1rs the births have numbered 19,239, and the
average infant mortality has been 131 per 1,000 births.
This result, allocated to the several diseases and disease
groups, is as follows :—