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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 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
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DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC OR INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The deaths from Zymotic Diseases occurring in the Borough (intra-parochial and extra-parochial) during the year numbered 262, and were caused as follows:—
| Small-pox | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | Enteric Fever | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas | Measles | Whooping Cough | Diarrhœa | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 37 | 95 | 265 |
| 1902 | 30 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 68 | 84 | 337 |
| 1903 | — | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 52 | 100 | 262 |
These returns yield a Zymotic death rate of 2 61 per 1000. The
amount paid to Medical Practitioners for furnishing Notification
Certificates was £57 7s. 6d. as against £175 16s. 6d. last year.
The Local Authority is recouped for this expenditure by the
Metropolitan Asylums Board. The fees paid for Voluntary Notification
of Phthisis amounted to £14 ls.
DEATHS IN RELATION TO TENEMENTS.
This year we have classified the deaths in relation to the number
of rooms in the tenements occupied by the persons who have died,
and the causes of death have been divided into (a) all causes,
(b) zymotic diseases (including the notifiable diseases, influenza and
zymotic enteritis), (c) phthisis, and (d) respiratory diseases other
than phthisis. This Table, which is one of the most instructive in
the whole report, is as follows:—