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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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the third quarter of 1903, which was, in Finsbury, 121.5, it is 51.5
in excess.
The infant mortality rate per 1,000 births in Finsbury for the
third quarter of the years 1901-1904 was as follow:—
1901 141.0
1902 121.7
1903 121.5
1904 173.0
Broadly, therefore, it may be said that the infant mortality rate in
1904, in the third quarter (July, August and September), has been
higher than at any other time since the formation of the Borough.
The number of deaths of infants, and the age incidence, may be
expressed as follows :—
| Months. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | lO- | 11- | 12- | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 33 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 14 | ll | 2 | 11 | 175 |
| 1902 | 44 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 172 |
| 1903 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 7 | • 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 145 |
| 1904 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 183 |
| 135 | 46 | 54 | 67 | 48 | 66 | 44 | 56 | 28 | 40 | 34 | 28 | 29 | 675 | |
| Months. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | 10- | 11- | 12- | Total. |
| 1901 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 93 |
| 1902 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | r61 |
| 1903 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 47 |
| 1904 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 95 |
| 13 | 19 | 26 | 38 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 296 | |