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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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TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1914.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages ot " Residents" whether occurring in or without the District. | Total Deaths, whether of " Residents " or " Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards | ||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Small-pox | _ | _ | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Measles | 78 | 20 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 2 | _ | — | _ | _ |
| Scarlet fever | 6 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping-cough | 43 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 7 | _ | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | _ |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 151 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 78 | 40 | 8 | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 21 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 35 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | _ | — |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 103 | _ | — | — | 2 | 1 | 16 | 33 | 51 | 10 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | — | — |
| Meningitis | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Organic Heart Disease | 158 | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 68 | 45 | — |
| Bronchitis | 165 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | 46 | 92 | 1 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 157 | 46 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 3 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 93 | 73 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Appendiciiis and Typhlitis | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 21 | 5 | _ |
| Alcoholism | 14 | — | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 7 | 6 | _ | _ |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease. | 117 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 13 | 46 | 57 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | _ | — | — | _ | — | 5 | _ | _ | — |
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 3 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 67 | 65 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 59 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | |
| Suicide | 11 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 184 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 85 | 13 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 84 | 20 | 6 | I | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 10 |
| 1636 | 304 | 132 | 86 | 55 | 59 | 222 | 363 | 415 | 75 | |
Nett Births in the year legitimate 2498
illegitimate 60
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants 284
illegitimate infants 20