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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: The claims of death at the two extremes of life, and t h e effect of season, are shown in the following table of total deaths, intra-parochi a l and extra-p a roc h ial:—

The claims of death at the two extremes of life, and t h e effect of season, are shown in the following table of total deaths, intra-parochi a l and extra-p a roc h ial:—

Jan-March)April-JuneJuly-SeptOct-DecTotal
Infants under 1 year115101180126522
Persons of 65 years and upwardsI209888120426

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DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC OR INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
%

Table: The deaths from Zymotic Disease occurring in the Bo rough (intra -parochial and extr a -parochial) during the year numbered 282 and were caused as follows: —

The deaths from Zymotic Disease occurring in the Bo rough (intra -parochial and extr a -parochial) during the year numbered 282 and were caused as follows: —

Small-poxScarlet FeverDiphtheria and Membranous CroupEnteric FeverPuerperal FeverErysipelasMeaslesWhooping CoughDiarrhoeaTotal
1901819361144493795263
1902321537965836884339
1903-121211426952100262
1904317148546026145282

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These returns yield a zymotic death rate of 2.82 per 1,000. The
amount paid to medical practitioners for furnishing notification
certificates was £80 7s. 6d. as against £57 7s. 6d. last year and
£175 in 1903. The Local Authority is recouped for this expenditure
by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. The fees paid for
Voluntary Notification of Phthisis amounted to £13 6s