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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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DIPHTHERIA SINCE 1901.
| 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 | 28.4 | 3.5 | 12.5 |
| 1902 | 21.1 | 3.6 | 17.1 |
| 1903 | 11.8 | 1.2 | 10.1 |
| 1904 | 12.4 | 1.4 | 11.4 |
| 1905 | 12.8 | 1.1 | 8.7 |
| 1906 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 16.5 |
| 1907 | 12.7 | 1.5 | 11.8 |
| 1908 | 13.5 | 1.6 | 12.3 |
SCARLET FEVER.
True cases notified in 1908, 387; in 1907, 471. Of the notified
cases, 12—or 3.1 per cent.—died. The death rate per 1,000 of the
population was 0.12.
The cases notified, and the deaths, may be classified according to age and sex as follows:—
SCARLET FEVER IN 1908.
| Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 30 & over. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Notified cases. | Males. | 2 | 41 | 72 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 159 |
| Females | 2 | 63 | 102 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 228 | |
| Total | 4 | 104 | 174 | 67 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 387 | |
| Deaths. | Males. | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Females. | — | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
| Percen tages. | Males. | — | 9.8 | — | — | — | — | — | 2.5 |
| Females. | — | 8.0 | 2.9 | — | — | — | — | 3.5 | |