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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 1908

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops

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Of the 400 infant deaths which took place during the year, 127—
or 31.7 per cent.— occurred in Institutions; 20 took place in Poor
Law Institutions; 102 in Hospitals; 2 in the street; and 3 in Homes.
Of the infants taken to hospitals, 5 were found to be dead on
arrival, and a considerable proportion were in a dying condition
before they were removed. Inquests were held in 69 cases (17.2 per
cent.) The causes of death were as follows:—Suffocation in bed,
28; suffocation from spasm of windpipe, etc., 6; broncho-pneumonia,
11; exhaustion and debility, 6; heart failure, 6; convulsions, 8;
other causes, 4.
Ages at Death.—The following tables (I. and J.) show the
ages at and causes of death amongst infants, arranged in groups
for each of the three sub-registration districts.

Table: TABLE 1.

TABLE 1.

Months.0—1—2-8—4—5-6—7—8-9—10-11-Totals
Clerkenwell6420222020201215131398236
St. Luke54131315139987949163
St. Sepulchre............1.....................1
Totals1183335353429212320221317400

Table: TABLE J.

TABLE J.

Causes of Death.Diarrhoea.Prematurity.Marasmus.Atrophy,&c.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Convulsions.Suffocation.Measles.Whooping Cough.Tuberculosis.Meningitis.Miscellaneous.Totals.
Clerkenwell47361815132710174581620236
St. Luke33261013823816621512163
St. Sepulchre..............................1......1
Totals8062282821501833107102132400