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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 1907
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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The claims of death at the two extremes of life, and the effect of season, are shown in the following table of total deaths, intraparochial and extra-parochial:—
| J an-March | April-June | July-Sept | Oct-Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infants under 1 year | 113 | 91 | 64 | 100 | 368 |
| Persons of 65 years and upwards | 133 | 103 | 65 | 82 | 383 |
DEATHS IN RELATION
TO DISEASE.
Mortality returns distributed in relation to disease—that is,
cause—for one year must be accepted with reserve. They do
not permit of generalisation, for which a number of years is
necessary. Some note, however, should be included in this
Report as to the main causes of death in 1907, and the ages
mostly concerned. They were as follows :—
Measles 43
Whooping Cough 44
Epidemic Diarrhoea 66
Cancer 86
Heart and Circulatory
System 205
Tuberculosis 285
Other Respiratory
Diseases 409
Total of seven causes 1,138
(Children under 5 yrs.)
(Children under 5 yrs.)
(Children under 2 yrs.)
(Adults over 25 yrs.)
Ditto.
(Children under 15 and
Adults between 25-45
yrs.)
(under 5 and 25-65 yrs.)
If phthisis be included among respiratory diseases, the total
number of deaths attributable to diseases of the lungs is 652,
or 36 per cent, of the total deaths in the Borough during the
year. To what is this high figure due? Probably on the whole
it is due to careless exposure of the young and of the aged—