Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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TABLE V. Infantile Mortality during the Year, 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months | 2-3 Months | 3-4 Months | 4-5 Months | 5-6 Months | 6-7 Months | 7-8 Months | 8-9 Months | 9-10 Months | 10-11 Months | 11-12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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i. Common Infectious | |||||||||||||||||
Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including | |||||||||||||||||
Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
ii. Diarrhoeal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 46 |
Enteritis, Muco-en | |||||||||||||||||
teritis, Gastro-en | |||||||||||||||||
teritis | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 16 |
Gastritis, Gastroin | |||||||||||||||||
testinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
iii. Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 45 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 60 |
Congenital Diseases | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Want of Breast-milk (Starvation) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | .. | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 50 |
iv. Tuberculous Diseases— Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 |
v. Other Causes— | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuber culous | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Convulsions | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | .. | 3 | 21 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 47 |
Pneumonia | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 21 |
Suffocation, overlying Other Causes | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
All Causes (Certified) | 57 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 100 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 28 | 366 |
Population, estimated to middle of 1909, 95,289.
Legitimate, 2822.
Births in the year: Illegitimate, 35
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,814.
(Legitimate infants, 348.
Deaths in the year of Illegitimate infants, 18.