London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Measles | 23 | 10 | 12 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 1 |
| Hooping Cough | 21 | 7 | 16 |
| Gastritis | 2 | — | 42 |
| Diarrhœa | 46 | 59 | |
| Enteritis | 16 | 21 | |
| Premature Birth | 60 | 62 | 61 |
| Congenital Defects | 7 | 14 | 13 |
| Atrophy, Marasmus | 50 | 42 | 55 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 2 |
| Syphilis | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| Convulsions | 3 | 18 | 14 |
| Bronchitis | 21 | 21 | 36 |
| Pneumonia | 47 | 50 | 49 |
| Suffocation in bed | 21 | 29 | 20 |
| Other Causes | 26 | 41 | 32 |
| 366 | 400 | 368 |
It will be seen that this year there is an increase in the number
of deaths due to measles and hooping cough. The deaths from
pneumonia, bronchitis, wasting affections, syphilis, premature
birth and suffocation in bed are more or less stationary.
As compared with last year there is a diminution in the number
of deaths due to convulsions, and all forms of diarrhoea.
Preventible Infants Deaths.—A large proportion of these
deaths are preventible and in the years to come should be prevented.