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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 IV. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1909.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Deaths at all ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Total Deaths, whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residents" in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under , 65 | 65 and upwards. | Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchre. | |||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 86 | 23 | 59 | 4 | - | - | - | 52 | 30 | 4 | - | |
| Scarlet fever | 9 | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| Whooping-cough | 51 | 21 | 29 | 1 | - | - | - | 31 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Fever | Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | |
| Other continued | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Epidemic influenza | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | 13 | 6 | 13 | 7 | - | 1 | |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diarrhoea | 68 | 46 | 13 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 43 | 25 | - | 1 | |
| Enteritis | 27 | 16 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| Gastritis | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 228 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 159 | 18 | 127 | 98 | 3 | 5 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 31 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | 18 | 13 | - | - | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 88 | - | — | 1 | 1 | 59 | 27 | 63 | 24 | 1 | 7 | |
| Bronchitis | 222 | 21 | 14 | 3 | - | 66 | 118 | 131 | 87 | 4 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 203 | 47 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 58 | 41 | 114 | 85 | 4 | 5 | |
| Pleurisy | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 9 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 46 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 11 | 26 | 18 | 2 | — | |
| Venereal diseases | 21 | 9 | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | 13 | 8 | - | - | |
| Premature birth | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 16 | 1 | 5 | |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | - | 9 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Heart diseases | 176 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 91 | 58 | 115 | 59 | 2 | 4 | |
| Accidents | 85 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 51 | 33 | 1 | 1 | |
| Suicides | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - | |
| Marasmus and Inanition | 51 | 50 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 12 | 1 | 5 | |
| Convulsions | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| Brights Disease | 122 | - | — | 1 | 2 | 60 | 59 | 83 | 36 | 3 | 1 | |
| Old Age | 27 | - | — | — | - | - | 27 | 19 | 8 | — | 2 | |
| All other causes | 121 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 21 | 72 | 44 | 5 | 14 | |
| All causes | 1814 | 366 | 244 | 66 | 54 | 667 | 417 | 1116 | 664 | 34 | 56 | |