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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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THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The principal Infectious Diseases are seven in number, namely:—
Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Fever (including typhus,
typhoid or enteric, and simple or continued), Diarrhoea, Measles,
and Whooping Cough. The notification clauses of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891 (Sections 55-57), deal with small-pox,
cholera, diphtheria and membranous croup, erysipelas, scarlet
fever, typhus, typhoid, relapsing, continued and puerperal fevers.
During 1905 there were 745 notifications, as compared with 806 in 1904, and 586 in 1903. The returns as forwarded to the Metropolitan Asylums Board are as follows:-
| First Qtr. | Second Qtr. | Third Qtr. | Fourth Qtr. | Total for 1905 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | -- | |
| 68 | 71 | 164 | 456 | ||
| 32 | 27 | 32 | 126 | ||
| 6 | 22 | 10 | 42 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | 24 | 31 | 115 | ||
| 1 | 2 | — | 6 | ||
| 130 | 131 | 230 |
Note.—Chicken-pox, temporarily notifiable in 1904, produced 197 cases.
In the year 1905, 185 cases have been notified by the schools in the
Borough.
The following Table compares the notifications of notifiable
diseases and removals to hospital since the Borough was formed:—