London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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| All ages. | Under 1 yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 + | Clerk-enwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepul. | Total removals to hospital. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 19 | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | - | 2 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 79 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 24 | _ | 19 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Diphtheria (including Mem. Croup) | 107 | 5 | 33 | 58 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 83 | 24 | - | 107 |
| Dysentery | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | 10 |
| Erysipelas | 27 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 7 | — | 18 |
| Food Poisoning | 101 | — | 3 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 95 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Malaria (induced) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Measles and German Measles | 565 | 30 | 344 | 177 | 13 | 1 | _ | _ | 346 | 219 | _ | 219 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | — | — | 9 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 106 | — | 1 | 9 | 30 | 38 | 24 | 4 | 70 | 36 | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 17 | — | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | _ | 9 | 8 | _ | _ |
| Scarlet Fever | 114 | 1 | 37 | 61 | 9 | 6 | — | _ | 87 | 27 | _ | 114 |
| Whooping Cough | 179 | 30 | 112 | 37 | — | — | — | — | 101 | 78 | — | 80 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | — | 8 |
| 1,383 | 100 | 574 | 374 | 114 | 120 | 67 | 34 | 936 | 447 | — | 590 |
The Zymotic Diseases.—Scarlet fever, whooping cough, diphtheria, diarrhoea, enteritis, and measles
caused a total of 19 deaths—Scarlet fever 0, whooping cough 6, diphtheria 2, diarrhœa and enteritis
(under 2 years) 11, and measles 0. The zymotic death-rate was 0.32 per 1,000 population.