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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: The deaths in previous years are appended:— Deaths from Alcoholism, 1901 1914.

The deaths in previous years are appended:— Deaths from Alcoholism, 1901 1914.

Years.Alcoholism and Delirium Tremens.Cirrhosis of the Liver.Total.
1901-10164257421
1911111829
1912162642
191391827
1914143145
Totals 1901-14214350564

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In addition to the numbers given above there will be other
deaths due to alcoholism, but in which it has been omitted as
the primary cause from the certificate, and the secondary cause
or terminal disease alone inserted. Thus many of the deaths
of young adults from pneumonia, many of the cases of Bright's
disease of the kidneys, some of the deaths due to bronchitis,
alleged "influenza," or neuritis, or to "paralysis," many street
and night accidents, and possibly some of the cases of overlying
are attributable directly or indirectly to alcohol.

Table: The ages at death are shown in the table:—

The ages at death are shown in the table:—

Age.20—30-40-50-60-70-80-Totals.
Males2291232030
Females025260015

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Twenty-five of the cases died in the workhouse and workhouse
infirmary.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Notification.—Finsbury was one of the very first boroughs
to adopt the voluntary notification of phthisis and of "open"
tuberculosis, that is, tuberculosis associated with discharges.