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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 IV.
CAUSES AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR, 1904.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all ages ) | Deaths in Public Institutions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and up- wards | North Clerkenwell | South Clerkenwell | Finsbury (St Luke) | St. Sepulchre | |||
| Small-pox | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | I | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 60 | 16 | 41 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 15 | 23 | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | ... | 11 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | 8 | ... | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 15 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 6 | 5 | ... | ||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | ||
| Croup | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 1 | ... | ||
| Fevers | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric | 8 | .. | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | ||
| Continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ||
| Diarrhoea | 121 | 99 | 10 | ... | 1 | 5 | 36 | 34 | 50 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Enteritis | 24 | 17 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | .. | 1 | |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 | ... | 2 | |
| Phthisis | 251 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 195 | 3 | 82 | 78 | 87 | 4 | 1 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 40 | 14 | 15 | 4 | ... | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 27 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ... | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 79 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 8 | |
| Bronchitis | 255 | 45 | 20 | 1 | ... | 79 | 110 | 83 | 72 | 97 | 3 | 2 | |
| Pneumonia | 179 | 53 | 53 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 17 | 64 | 44 | 71 | ... | 1 | |
| Pleurisy | 11 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ... | ||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 12 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ... | |||
| Alcoholism | 19 | ... | ... | • • | ... | 17 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ... | ||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 25 | ... | ... | ... | 23 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Venereal Diseases | 15 | 13 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 | 8 | ... | 1 | ||
| Premature Birth | 63 | 63 | ... | ... | ... | • mm | 21 | 17 | 25 | ... | 9 | ||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ||
| Heart Disease | 127 | ... | 2 | 9 | 8 | 72 | 36 | 50 | 35 22 | 37 | 5 | 4 | |
| Other Diseases of Circulatory System | 90 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 50 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 3 | ... | ||
| Accidents | 53 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 3 | ... | |
| Suicides | 12 | ... | ... | ... | I | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | |
| Renal Diseases | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| Nervous and Cerebral Diseases | 58 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 36 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 24 | ... | 4 | |
| Senility | 95 | • • . | ... | ... | ... | ... | 95 | 38 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 1 | |
| Overlain in Bed | 31 | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 6 | 15 | ... | ... | |
| Convulsions | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 9 | ... | 3 | |
| Developmental Disease | 40 | 33 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 8 | 16 | ... | 11 | ||
| Diseases of Stomach | 21 | 6 | 1 | I | 11 | 2 | 9 | 5 3 | 7 | ... | ... | ||
| Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 5 | ... | • # • | I | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |||
| Meningitis | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | # • • | 2 | ... | 7 | 8 | 5 | ... | ... | |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 48 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 1 | ... | |
| Intestinal Obstruction | 16 | 1 | 1 | ... | I | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ... | |
| Tumours and other Diseases of the Female Organs | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Murder | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Marasmus | 63 | 56 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 1 | |
| All other causes | 73 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 4 | |
| All causes | 2084 | 522 | 257 | 56 | 68 | 755 | 426 | 743 | 529 | 775 | 37 | 59 | |