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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 1914
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1914
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| Year. | Measles. | Hooping Cough. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-5 | 278 | 211 | 13 | 53 | 80 | — |
| 1906-10 | 347 | 202 | — | 39 | 80 | 1 |
| 1911 | 82 | 26 | — | 4 | 14 | - |
| 1912 | 124 | 30 | — | 4 | 12 | — |
| 1913 | 30 | 30 | - | 4 | 6 | - |
| 1914 | 75 | 40 | - | 5 | 7 | - |
| Totals | 936 | 539 | 13 | 109 | 199 | 1 |
From this table it appears that the deaths in 14 years due to
scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric fever, and small pox, all taken
together numbered 322, to hooping cough 539, to measles 936.
In children under live years, therefore, it is seen that measles
kills nearly three times the number of children whose deaths are
caused by small pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid all
included
Hooping cough causes a little more than one-and-a-half times
the number of dea ths accredited to the other four named infectious
diseases.
DIPHTHERIA.
The number of cases notified was 140. Of these, six were subsequently
sent home as not suffering from diphtheria, leaving 134
true cases.
There were 9 deaths, so that 6.7 per cent. of all the patients
died.
The number of cases is 34 more than last year, the number of
deaths remains the same.