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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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TABLE N. ENQUIRIES INTO INFANT DEATHS, 1908.
| 1908. | Methods of Feeding. | Mother's Health. | Mother's Work. | Condition of Tenement, | Number of Booms in Tenement. | Age in Months. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals. | Firstborn. | Twins. | Breast only. | Breast, Ac. | Cows Milk. | Artificial & Condensed. | Not Fed. | Good. | Indifferent. | Bad. | None. | Away from Home. | Do. Intermittently. | Some Home Work. | Clean. | Fair. | Dirty. | One. | Two. | Three. | Four or more. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 55 | 10 | - | Diarrhoea | 2 | 5 | 33 | 15 | - | 32 | 21 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 33 | 4 | 7 | Prematurity | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 6 | — | 17 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | — | 2 | Marasmus Atrophy and | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | I | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Developmental | 6 | — | 2 | — | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | — | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | - | - | Bronchitis | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | - | 7 | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | — | — | _ | 2 | — | 1 |
| 26 | 3 | 2 | Pneumonia | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | 13 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | _ | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Convulsions | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | - |
| 15 | - | 1 | Suffocation | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 9 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | — | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | 8 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — |
| 7 | - | - | Measles | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | — | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | - | - | -_ | 1 | 1 | — | _ | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | - | 1 | Whooping Cough | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | - | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | _ | — | 1 | _ | _ | - | — |
| 4 | - | - | Tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| M | 1 | - | Meningitis, including Tuberculous | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 11 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 17 | 1 | Miscellaneous | 13 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | I | 2 | ||
| 221 | 30 | 18 | 71 | 21 | 81 | 26 | 22 | 133 | 69 | 19 | 146 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 100 | 94 | 27 | 74 | 98 | 40 | 9 | 67 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 12 | |