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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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These notifications were apportioned thus:—Smallpox none
(none), Scarlet Fever 126 (231), Diphtheria 126 (152), Cerebrospinal
Fever 4 (3), Typhoid Fever 28 (15), Erysipelas 164 (127),
and Puerperal Fever 7 (6) cases.
The figures in brackets refer to the year 1909.
The chief diminutions are in the notifications of Scarlet Fever
and Diphtheria, the increases in Typhoid Fever and Erysipelas.
The numbers for previous years are appended:—
Notifications of Infectious Disease, 1901-1910.
| Year. | Number of Notifications Received | Notifications per 1,000 of the population. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,101 | 10.8 | 85.5 | |
| 1902 | 1,026 | 10.1 | 82.4 | |
| 1903 | 566 | 5.5 | 78.8 | |
| 1904 | 609 | 6.1 | 72.5 | |
| 1905 | 745 | 7.5 | 81.8 | |
| 1906 | 764 | 7.8 | 76.9 | |
| 1907 | 735 | 7.6 | 83.4 | |
| 1908 | 654 | 6.5 | 83.6 | |
| 1909 | 534 | 5.6 | 74.7 | |
| 1910 | 455 | 4.8 | 63.5 | |
In the above table "Notifications" of Chicken-Pox are excluded (203 in 1907)
The amount paid in fees this year for notifications was
£43 14s. 6d., which is the lowest yet recorded since 1901. The
highest was in 1902, when the amount was £175 16s.—this was
at the time of the Smallpox epidemic.
Diagnosis.— In 60 cases out of a total number of 340, the
patients after admission to a fever hospital were returned home
as not suffering at the time of admission from any notifiable infectious
disease.