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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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39
Ages in Years
Under
1 year
1-5
5-15
15-20
20-30
30-40
40-
Totala
No. of
Notified
Cases
Males
Females
5 | 30 16 2 3 1 1 58
3 27 25 4 4 3 2 68
Totals 8 57 41 6 7 4 3 126
Deaths from 2 7 1 - - - 1 11
Diphtheria.
Percentage on
Cases. 25.0 12.3 2.4 - - - 33.3 8.7
It will be seen that the chief incidence of the disease has fallen
on children, as many as 100 out of 126 being of school age, which
is almost exactly the same proportion as in 1904.
The following table shows the seasonal occurrence:—
| Months | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June | July. | Aug. | Sept | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 13 | l6 | |||
| 27 |
The cases of Diphtheria have been evenly distributed throughout
the Borough, the southern portion of northern Clerkenwell, as
last year, alone remaining free. In a general way it may be said
that most cases have occurred in the overcrowded and poorer
parts of the district. The incidence has not been exceptionally
heavy in the Model Dwellings. Personal infection has been,
without question, the main channel for the spread of the disease.
Not a few cases have apparently arisen from contact with " ordinary
sore-throats."