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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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Between May 6th and June 4th, we received 22 notifications of
Scarlet Fever in children. This outbreak was localized to Central
Finsbury, and was due to infection spread by personal contact. It
originated in a case of disease in a little girl F. T., aged 6 years, who
was supposed to be suffering from Measles, and was accordingly not
isolated in hospital. Unfortunately she was suffering from Scarlet
Fever. From this origin the disease was spread to 15 children, who either
themselves attended the Martyrs' Memorial School, or who lived in
houses the children of which attended that school. Seven other
children contracted the disease by playing with infected children. All
practical steps were taken to pre.ent the spread of the disease, and the
school and each of the houses was thoroughly disinfected.
The incidence of Scarlet Fever, since the Borough's formation, is shown in the following Table :—
| No. of Cases per 10,000 of population. | No. of Deaths per 10,000 of population. | Case-mortality. No. of Deaths per 100 cases notified. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 48.1 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
| 1902 | 37.9 | 1.5 | 3.9 |
| 1903 | 28.1 | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| 1904 | 32.6 | 1.7 | 5.2 |
| 1905 | 46.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| 1906 | 43.5 | 2.6 | 6.1 |
| 1907 | 48.6 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
and its seasonal incidence is shown as follows :—
| Months. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Cases | 11 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 52 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 49 | 67 | 47 | 23 |
| Totals | 61 | 114 | 159 | 137 | ||||||||