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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 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the year 1905.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in Whole Distict | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At All Ages | At Ages—Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | North Clerkenwell | South Clerkenwell | Finshury (St Luke) | St. Sepulchre. | North Clerkenwell | Sourth Clerkenwell | Finshury (St Luke) | St.Sepulchre | ||||
| Small-pox | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 125 | 8 | 57 | 41 | 5 | 14 | — | 31 | 30 | 60 | 4 | 29 | 29 | 59 | 4 | ||
| Membranous croup | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | |||||
| Erysipelas | 115 | — | 10 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 13 | 43 | 35 | 36 | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 456 | 11 | 183 | 235 | 21 | 6 | — | 99 | 227 | 7 | 121 | 94 | 225 | 7 | |||
| Typhus Fever | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 42 | — | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Relapsing Fever | |||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever | |||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Plague | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 745 | 19 | 251 | 291 | 52 | 118 | 14 | 218 | 177 | 338 | 12 | 169 | 133 | 297 | 11 | ||