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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 1909
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1909.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total cases notified in each locality. | No. of cases removed to Hospital from each locality. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchre. | Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchre. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 152 | 13 | 62 | 61 | 10 | 6 | - | 76 | 74 | 2 | 75 | 74 | 2 | 151 |
| Erysipelas | 127 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 35 | 78 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 231 | 2 | 80 | 120 | 16 | 13 | — | 159 | 72 | — | 155 | 71 | — | 226 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 15 | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | 11 | 4 | - | 9 | 4 | - | 13 |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| Totals | 534 | 19 | 158 | 191 | 42 | 89 | 35 | 332 | 200 | 2 | 246 | 150 | 2 | 398 |