London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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contact with Small-pox infection; but up to March 14th we had
no cases. On that date, however, we had our first case, which was
followed by 12 others. The cases of Small-pox in Finsbury during
the last decade have been as follows:—
Years. No. of Cases. No. of Deaths.
1895-1900 18 0
1901 88 8
1902 187 32
1903 1 0
1904 13 3
Total 307 43
The incidence of Small-pox, since the Borough's formation, is shown in the following table:—
| No. of Cases per 10,000 of population. | No. of Deaths per 10,000 of population. | Case-mortality. No. of Deaths per 100 cases notified. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 8.6 | 0.98 | 11.4 |
| 1902 | 18.6 | 3.2 | 17.1 |
| 1903 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 23.1 |
The particulars respecting the thirteen cases which occurred in
residents of the Borough, and three other cases which were
detected by us in the Borough but which belonged to other districts,
are as follows:—
Case 1.—On March 14th I received a notification of a case of
small-pox occurring in the Borough, in the person of G. C., of 56,