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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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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the year 1903. Borough of Finsbury.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in Whole Distict | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| At All Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 35 to 65 | 65 and upwards | North Clerkenwell | South Clerkenwell | Finsbury (St. Luke) | St. Sepulchre | North Clerkenwell | South Clerkenwell | Finsbury (St. Luke) | St. Sepulchre | |
| Small-pox | 1 | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | - |
| Diphtheria | 119 | 3 | 54 | 46 | 8 | 8 | — | 44 | 26 | 49 | — | 42 | 26 | 48 | - |
| Membranous croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Erysipelas | 108 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 74 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 52 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 283 | 1 | 107 | 147 | 23 | 5 | — | 95 | 59 | 127 | 2 | 90 | 59 | 125 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 47 | — | 1 | 15 | 14 | 17 | — | 20 | 9 | 18 | — | 20 | 9 | 16 | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Varicella | 20 | 2 | 11 | 7 | — | _ | _ | 5 | 7 | 8 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Totals | 586 | 11 | 174 | 218 | 66 | 109 | 8 | 198 | 125 | 260 | 3 | 153 | 95 | 193 | 2 |