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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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INtjPESTS:
L._uests were held on 23 residents during the year, the findings
being as follows:-
Cerebral Hie i lorrhage ...
1
Struct Accidents ...
4
- Violence ...
13
C j cur ...
2
...
1
Pr.euroonio ...
2
I.IORT.ILITY:
Tiiaro were two deaths from puerperal causes during the year
giving, a maternal mortality rate of 4*2 per 1,000 Tot 1 (Live:
-nd Still) Births.
INFANTILE MORTALITY:
There were 29 deaths amongst infants under one year of age and the infant mortality rate based on 1,000 live births was 64. The following are comparative infant mortality rates.
| INFANT MORTALITY RATES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | |
| FINSBURY | 33.5 | 68 | 70 | 64 |
| LONDON | 48 | 50 | 68 | 60 |
| ENGLAND & WALES | 56 | 55 | 59 | 49 |
DEATHS IN RELATION TO DISE^SI):
There was one death from diphtheria in the
19 notified cases of this disease. Duaths from tuberculosis still
form a high proportion of the total deaths, particularly in the
15-43 age group. However, no deaths from typhoid, paratyphoid,
cerebro-spinal fever, scarlet fever, measles, acute-poliomyelitis,
polioencephalitis, appendicitis, or suicide during the year.
Of the 29 deaths in the age group under one year of age 13 wero
due to premature birth or congenital causes, which in the present
state of our knowledge must be considered as not entirely
preventable. Pneumonia and diarrhoea caused the larger proportion
of the remainder. It is to this group that our attention is
directed as likely to show improvement as a result of our efforts.