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 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Infant Deaths in Finsbury. 1905. a table ok the results ok enquiry into 374 infant deaths.
| No. of Deaths. | CAUSE OF DEATH. | Method of Feeding. | Mothers' work. | Condition of Tenement. | No. of Rooms in Tenement. | Age in Months. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast only. | Breast, etc. | Cows* Milk. | Condensed. | Not Fed. | No occupation. | Away from home. | Do. Intermittently. | Some Home Work. | Clean. | Fair. | Dirty. | One. | Two. | Three. | Four or more. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| 70 | Diarrhœa | 15 | 9 | 36 | 17 | ... | 4.3 | 5 | 9 | 1.3 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 55 | Prematurity | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 16 | ... | 47 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ..• | ... | ... | ... | ... | • •• |
| 30 | Marasmus | 8 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 8 | ... | 16 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | ||
| 11 | Atrophy and Debility | 3 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ... | 1 | 8 | l | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 36 | Bronchitis | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | ... | 26 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Pneumonia | 5 | 10 | 7 | ... | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | ll | 5 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 31 | Convulsions | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 13 | ... | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | Suffocated in bed | 20 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| 5 | Measles | ... | 2 | 1 | 0 | • •• | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| 14 | Whooping Cough | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Tuberculosis | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | ... | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | |||
| 51 | Miscellaneous | 27 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | 4 | |
| 371 | 1.33 | 49 | 108 | 41 | 40 | 236 | 43 | 55 | 40 | 244 | 102 | 28 | 110 | 165 | 61 | 38 | 101 | 34 | 37 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 17 | |