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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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27.
SECTION F.
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notifications of Infectious Disease:
The following table shows the notifiable cases of Infectious Disease during 1942 in various age groups and indicates the total number of cases removed to Hospital.
| All Ages | Under 1 Year | 1-5 Yrs | 5-15 Yrs | 15-25 Yrs | 25-45 Yrs | 45-65 Yrs | 65— | Total Rmvls to Hosp. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 26 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Diphtheria (Including Mom. Group) | 19 | – | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 19 |
| Dysentery | 9 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| Typhoid | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Measles | 85 | 13 | 37 | 34 | 1 | – | – | – | 41 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | – | – | 4 |
| Searlet Fever | 33 | – | 9 | 23 | 1 | – | – | – | 33 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 83 | – | 3 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 24 | 4 | – |
| Other Forms of Tuboreculosis | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 95 | 11 | 50 | 34 | – | – | – | – | 31 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 7 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Polio Myelitis | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| TOTALS | 405 | 35 | 117 | 117 | 27 | 53 | 44 | 12 | 162 |
Smallpox and Vaccination; - No cases of smallpox occurred in the Borough
during 1942.
The following is a summary of under the Vaccination Acts 1867 to 1898.
| No. of birth notifications received from Registrar | 240 |
| No. of Finsbury birth notifications received from Registrar | 240 |
| No. of Certificates of Vaccination received | 173 |
| No. of deaths before Vaccination | 10 |
| Postponements of medical certificate | 32 |
| – | No. of certificates of insusceptibility |
| No. of notices to other Vaccination officers re non-resident cases | 65 |
| No. of addresses not traced | 80 |
| No. of Finsbury babies not vaccinated within Statutory | |
| period of four months | 28 |