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Finsbury 1910

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910

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Health (London) Act 1891, applicable to it. These are the clauses
which refer to the cleansing and disinfection of premises and
materials, and to contact with, or exposure of infected persons
and things.
The age incidence and the ages at death from 1903 to 1910 are
shown in the tables given:—

Age Incidence of Cases of Measles, 1903-1910.

Under I year of age in months.1-2-3-4-5-1010-15Total 1903-1910
0-33-66-99-12
233941375605617111,0211,858555,032

The actual numbers notified year by year were 577, 802, 561,
1,036, 478, 245, 436, and 898, from 1903 up to the present year.

Ages at Death in Cases of Measles, 1903 1910.

Under 1 year of age in months.1-2-3-4-5-1010-15Total 1903-1910
0-33-66-99-12
1123764236785415153515

The deaths year by year were 69, 60, 31, 115, 43, 38, 86 and 73
from 1903 until 1910. The largest number of cases and deaths
were in 1906, when the disease was very prevalent.
Measles is very fatal to young children—in the above table 236
deaths occurred between 1 and 2 years of age—three times the
number in any subsequent age period, and more than twice the
number that died under one year. Most of the deaths occur in
June and December. The older children are able to withstand the
disease better than the younger, so that the longer the attack is
deferred, the less likely the child is to die.