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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 1904

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops

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Table: Turning now to the causes of death in these infants, we find the record is as follows:—

Turning now to the causes of death in these infants, we find the record is as follows:—

Causes of Death.Diarrhoea.Prematurity.Marasmus.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Convulsions.Suffocated in Bed.Measles.Whooping Cough.Accidents.Tuberculosis.Diphtheria, Ery-sipelas Croup.Miscellaneous.Totals.
North Clerkenwell382124171871067...14...29191
South Clerkenwell341781110365325217123
Finsbury (St. Luke)442523172591555...6131206
St. Sepulchre......1.....................1......2
Totals, 19041166356455319 311615226377522

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The chief increase during the year occurred in the number of
infant deaths due to Epidemic Diarrhoea. Further reference is
made to this subject, and the whole question of infant mortality,
on a later page in the present report. Here it may be noted that
one quarter of all the deaths in Finsbury, in 1904, was of infants
under one year of age.
SENILE MORTALITY.

Table: The deaths of persons aged ( 65 years and over were as follows:—

The deaths of persons aged ( 65 years and over were as follows:—

Intra-Parochial-
North Clerkenwell81=189
South Clerkenwell43
Finsbury (St. Luke)55
St. Sepulchre10
Extra-Parochial (Hospitals, Poor Law Institutions, etc.)237
Total426

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Out of the total of 426, 114 were between (65-70 years of age;
212 were between 70-80; 94 were between 80-90; 6 were between
90-100.