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Finsbury 1908
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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II.—DEATHS IN RELATION TO
DISEASE.
The causes of death are given in the Local Government Board
Table IV. (see page 143), which shows the total number from each
cause and classifies the deaths in various age groups.
The following are the chief causes, and call for special mention:—
EPIDEMIC (SUMMER) DIARRHCEA.
Number of deaths, 126; death rate, 1.31 per 1000. This disease
aflects mainly young children, and it is one of the outstanding
causes of infantile mortality.
The total number of infant deaths in 1908 was 400, and 80—or
20 per cent.—were due to diarrhoea. This number is in excess of
that for 1907, when the disease caused 66 deaths.
The diarrhoea death rates since 1900 are given in the subjoined table and, for comparison, the rates for London for the same years:—
| Years. | Finsbury | London |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1.50 | 0.78 |
| 1901 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| 1902 | 0.81 | 0.53 |
| 1903 | 0.99 | 0.64 |
| 1904 | 1.46 | 1.03 |
| 1905 | 1.13 | 0.73 |
| 1906 | 1.48 | 0.93 |
| 1907 | o.68 | 0.32 |
| 1908 | 1.31 | 0.54 |