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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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were held in connection with the deaths of 52 infants, or nearly
14 per cent. of the total number, and the causes of death found
to be the following:—Suffocation in bed, 26; Convulsions, etc.,
9; Heart Failure, Collapse, Exhaustion, etc., 9; Conditions brought
about by Accidents, 2; Imperfect Expansion of Lungs, 2; other
causes, 4. Of the 26 deaths from Suffocation five were due to want
of attention at birth, the mothers being alone at the time; one was
stated to be due to regurgitation of milk in the air passages. The
remaining 20 were "overlain," and of these 13 died between Saturday
night and Monday morning.
As regards age incidence we know that as a general rule mortality
diminishes from the first, month onwards to the twelfth.
The following tables furnish the returns at the various ages and for the chief fatal diseases distributed in sub-registration districts:—
| Months. | 0- | l- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | 10- | 11- | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Clerkenwell | 44 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 119 |
| South Clerkenwell | 33 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 105 |
| Finsbury (St. Luke ) | 42 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 136 |
| St. Sepulchre | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
| Totals | 123 | 40 | 31 | 33 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 368 |
And the following table represents the causes of death in the same way:—
| Causes of Death. | Diarrhœa. | Prematurity. | Marasmus. | Atrophy, &c. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Convulsions. | Suffocation. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Tuberculosis. | Meningitis. | Miscellaneous. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Clerkenwell | 13 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 119 | |
| South Clerkenwell | 10 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 105 |
| Finsbury (St. Luke) | 18 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 136 |
| St. Sepulchre | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 8 |
| Totals, 1907 | 42 | 61 | 34 | 32 | 36 | 49 | 14 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 368 |