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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Years Under 1 year 1 and under 5 5 and aboveft At all Ages
Number of cases notified 5 119 199 323
Number of deaths - 11 6 17
Percentage of deaths
at each age period — 9.2 3.0 5.2
attacked

Table: Seventeen deaths yield a Scarlet Fever death rate of 0.17 per 1,000. The comparative figures for the last eight years are as follows:—

Seventeen deaths yield a Scarlet Fever death rate of 0.17 per 1,000. The comparative figures for the last eight years are as follows:—

YearsNumber of Cases notifiedNumber of DeathsDeath Rate per 1.000
1897597260.24
1898518300.27
189948018 •0.16
1900227120.11
1901495190.18
1902381150.14
1903283120.11
1904323170.17

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The distribution of the disease in Finsbury in 1904 has been
fairly uniform, although there have been one or two groups
around certain schools.