Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Classified List of 356 Infants' Deaths, sheaving Methods of Feeding, &c.
No. of Deaths | CAUSE OF DEATH | Method of Feeding | Mother's Work | Condition of Tenement | No. of rooms in Ditto | Age in Months | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Breast only | Breast, &c | Cow's Milk | Condensed | Not Fed | No Occupation | Away from Home | Do. Intermittently | Some Home Work | Clean | Fair | Dirty | One | Two | Three | Four or more | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
% 106 | Diarrhœa | 12 | 12 | 50 | 32 | - | 68 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 42 | 21 | 31 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
54 | Prematurity | 13 | - | 7 | 3 | 31 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
46 | Marasmus | 10 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
27 | Bronchitis | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | - | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
36 | Pneumonia | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
16 | Convulsions | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Suffocated in Bed | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
11 | Measles | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 7 |
7 | Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
13 | Tuberculosis | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 9 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Diphtheria | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
20 | Miscellaneous | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - |
350 | 94 | 48 | 114 | 64 | 36 | 244 | 32 | 40 | 40 | 148 | 135 | 73 | 102 | 165 | 54 | 35 | 78 | 37 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 31 | 10 16 | 17 | 35 |