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Finsbury 1905

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops

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Table: As regards age distribution of infants' deaths, as a general rule it may be said that they diminish from the first month onwards to the twelfth. The following table gives the age incidence for 1905

As regards age distribution of infants' deaths, as a general rule it may be said that they diminish from the first month onwards to the twelfth. The following table gives the age incidence for 1905

Months.0—1—2—3—4—5—6—7—8—9—10-11—Totals
North Clerkenwell311521141576911854146
South Clerkenwell3212927455455898
Pinsbury (St. Luke)601310151013135157107178
St. Sepulchre...221............2.........7
Totals1234242323224241932202019429

Table: Turning now to the causes of death in these infants, we find the record is as follows:—

Turning now to the causes of death in these infants, we find the record is as follows:—

Causes of Death.Diarrhoea.Prematurity.Marasmus.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Convulsions.Suffocated in Bed.Measles.Whooping Cough.Developmental Diseases.Tuberculosis Disease*.Diphtheria, Son riot, Fever.Miscellaneous.Totals.
North Clerkenwell212010146811210145124146
South Clerkenwell1417879572275...1598
Finsbury (St. Luke)4228132014121113115216178
St. Sepulchre......4......1...............117
Totals, 1905776535412926295153215456429

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The number of infant deaths due to Epidemic Diarrhœa fell
from 116 in 1904 to 77 in 1905. Further reference is made to this
subject, and the whole question of infant mortality, on a later
page in the present report. Here it may be noted that nearly a
quarter of all the deaths in Finsbury, in 1905, was of infants
under one year of age.
A careful enquiry has been made into the cause of death of nearly
all children dying in the Borough, under 12 months of age. Four