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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 1910
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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ENTERIC FEVER.
The number of cases notified during the year was 28, with 4
deaths. All were removed to hospital.
The numbers in previous years are given in tde accompanying table:—
Enteric Fever, 1901-1910.
| Year. | No. of Cases Notified. | No. of Deatds. | Case Mortality. No. of Deatds per 100 cases notified. | No. of Cases per 10,000 of Population. | No. of Deatds per10,000/ of Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 65 | 11 | 16.9 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
| 1902 | 77 | 9 | 11.7 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| 1903 | 47 | 11 | 23.4 | 4.7 | 1.1 |
| 1904 | 40 | 8 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 |
| I905 | 42 | 9 | 21.4 | 4.3 | 0.9 |
| 1906 | 44 | 14 | 31.8 | 4.4 | 1.4 |
| 1907 | 22 | 2 | 21.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| 1908 | 41 | 12 | 29.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 |
| 1909 | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| 1910 | 28 | 4 | 14.3 | 2.9 | 0.4 |
This year there has been a slight increase in the number of cases
notified and in the number of deaths due to typhoid fever.
The deaths occurred in two males aged 38 and 47, and in two
females, aged 24 and 32 years.
Source—In two instances, the infection was from recent cases
in the same family. Four cases occurred in a hospital in the
Borough and were probably due to infection carried by nurses or
attendants. In five patients, suspicion was directed to oysters,
mussels, winkles, and whelks; two cases were probably due to
eating contaminated watercress. One patient had contracted the
disease at a seaside health resort while away on a holiday
A group of cases occurred in some model buildings and were
very difficult to explain satisfactorily. It is thought that the early