Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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The deaths from the following causes are less this year than
last: Measles, Scarlet Fever, Hooping Cough, Influenza,
Diarrhœa, Phthisis, and Tuberculous diseases, Cancer, Bronchitis
and Pneumonia, Alcoholism, Heart Disease, and Marasmus
—whereas in the case of Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, Puerperal
Fever, Premature Birth, and Old Age the number of deaths is
increased.
The deaths of residents in public institutions were: In general
hospitals, 252 (270); in special hospitals, 42 (61); in fever
hospitals, 23 (20); in poor-law institutions, 533 (576); in asylums,
24 (38); in various hostels, homes of rest, and homes for babies,
18 (20); the figures in brackets are the corresponding numbers
for the previous year.
It will be observed that 533, that is 32 per cent., or nearly
one-third of the total number occurred in poor-law institutions.
The following table gives the numbers of deaths of Finsbury
residents that have occurred in public institutions since 1901.
Year. | Total Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions of Finsbury Residents. | Percentage. |
---|---|---|---|
1901 | 2,161 | 876 | 40.5 |
1902 | 2,283 | 908 | 39.8 |
1903 | 1,993 | 870 | 43.6 |
1904 | 2,084 | 965 | 46.3 |
1905 | 1,855 | 886 | 47. 8 |
1906 | 2,020 | 1,020 | 50.5 |
1907 | 1,774 | 911 | 51.3 |
1908 | 1,767 | 891 | 50.4 |
1909 | I,8l4 | 988 | 54.4 |
1910 | 1,636 | 889 | 54.3 |