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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An investigation has been made into all the infant deaths (26) due to this disease, and in 21 cases some particulars have been obtained, of which the following are the chief:—
Condition of Home and General Remarks.[/###]
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Mother weakly.
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Mother weakly.
History of lung disease in family.
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Clean and airy rooms. Great poverty.
Great poverty.
Parents healthy, but child's uncle died of Phthisis. Fairly clean room.
Rooms dirty. "Two other children died of consumption."
Mother has "weak chest."
Fairly clean.
Clean, but ill-ventilated.
Parents intemperate; children neglected.
Clean and airy rooms.
Dirty and ill-ventilated.
Man's first wife and one child died of consumption.
History of lung disease in family.
| Sex and Age. | M., 7 mos. | M., 11 mos. | M., 8 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 11 mos. | M., 10 mos. | M., 11 mos. | F., 7 mos. | F., 3 mos. | F., 7 mos. | F., 5 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 7 mos. | F., 9 mos. | F., 8 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 11 mos. | M., 6 mos. | M., 10 mos. |
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| Milk. | Human only | Artificial only | Cows' milk only | Artificial and cows' | Artificial only | Human and cows' (said to be boiled) | Human only | Human and artificial | Human and artificial | Human, artificial and cows' | Artificial only | Human | Human, artificial and cows' | Cows' and artificial | Human | Artificial only | (No information obtainable) | Human | Human and cows' | Human and cows' | Human |
| Phthisis now in Family, or History of such. | — | History of Phthisis | Phthisis in family | History of Phthisis | History of Phthisis | — | History of Phthisis | History of Phthisis | — | Father and mother both have Phthisis | — | Father has Phthisis | Father died of Phthisis before child's birth | History of Phthisis | History of Phthisis | (No information obtainable) | (No information obtainable) | Mother has Phthisis and History of Phthisis | Father has Phthisis; History of Phthisis | Father has Phthisis; History of Phthisis | — |
| Diagnosis. | Tubercular Meningitis | Rickets and Phthisis | Bronchitis & Miliary Tuberculosis | Tuberculous Disease of Bowels | Tubercular Meningitis | General Tuberculosis | Tubercular Meningitis | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Tubercular Meningitis | Tubercular Meningitis & Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Tubercular Enteritis | Tuberculosis mesen-terica, convulsions | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis Adenitis | General Tuberculosis | Tubercular Enteritis | Tubercular Meningitis | Tubercular Cerebral Meningitis | Tuberculosis, Broncho-Pneumonia | Pulmonary and General Tuberculosis | General Tuberculosis |
| Address, and No. of Rooms in Brackets. | 46, S. St. [4] | 43, R. St. [1] | 29, I. Row [1] | 25, C. Close [1] | 29, M. St. [1] | 53, R. St. [2] | 1, G. St. [2] | 10, Gt. S. St. [2] | 137, G. Bldgs. [2] | 4, G. Terr. [1] | 16, G. Terr. [1] | 2, M. Place [3] | 57, M. St. [2] | 1, A. St. [1] | 53, R. L. St. [2] | 20, R. St. [1] | 6, W. L. St. [2] | 20, A. St. [2] | 5, B. Bldgs. [2] | 6, S. St. [2] | 99, R, St. [1] |
| [###]Sex and Age. | M., 7 mos. | M., 11 mos. | M., 8 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 11 mos. | M., 10 mos. | M., 11 mos. | F., 7 mos. | F., 3 mos. | F., 7 mos. | F., 5 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 7 mos. | F., 9 mos. | F., 8 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 4 mos. | M., 11 mos. | M., 6 mos. | M., 10 mos. |