London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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The details of the distribution, with totals for the years since 1901, are shown in the accompanying table:—
| Ages | Under 10 years | 10 and under 20 | 20 and under 30 | 30 and under 40 | 40 and under 50 | 50 and under60 | 60 and under 70 | 70 and upw'rds | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 50 |
| Females | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 37 |
| Totals, 1908 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 14 | 87 |
| Totals, 1907 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 86 |
| Totals, 1906 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 19 | 84 |
| Totals, 1905 | 1 | 2 | — | l | 11 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 65 |
| Totals, 1904 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 79 |
| Totals, 1903 | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 92 |
| Totals, 1902 | — | — | — | 1 | l6 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 72 |
| Totals, 1901 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 72 |
The parts affected by the disease are indicated below but
it may be mentioned that in the 50 men affected, the organs of
digestion were the seat of the disease in 19—or 38.0 per cent.—and
in the 37 women these organs were affected in 10—or 27 per cent—
and the breast or womb in 3—or 8.1 per cent.:—