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 O. INVESTIGATION INTO INFANT DEATHS, 1904-1909.
Method of Feeding. | Mother's Health. | Mother's Work. | Condition of Tenement. | Number of Rooms in Tenement. | Age in Months. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1904 to 1909 | Cause of Death. | Breast only. | Breast and other food. | Cows' Milk. | Artificial or Condensed. | Died soon after birth. | Good. | Indifferent. | Bad. | Home work only. | Away from Home. | Away from Home intermittently. | Some House work. | Clean. | Fairly Clean. | Dirty. | One. | Two. | Three. | Four or more. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
387 | Diarrhœa | 51 | 43 | 190 | 103 | _ | 137 | 63 | 11 | 256 | 57 | 34 | 40 | 206 | 126 | 55 | 128 | 161 | 62 | 36 | 15 | 35 | 39 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 28 | 41 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 24 |
253 | Prematurity | 62 | 10 | 53 | 6 | 122 | b8 | 51 | 25 | 167 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 165 | 67 | 21 | 78 | 98 | 53 | 24 | 229 | 17 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
176 | Marasmus | 44 | 31 | 75 | 24 | 2 | 56 | 31 | 13 | 114 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 80 | 65 | 31 | 65 | 81 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
101 | Atrophy & Developmental Diseases | 34 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 25 | 43 | 33 | 14 | 65 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 60 | 29 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 66 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | I |
126 | Bronchitis | 62 | 23 | 26 | 15 | — | 43 | 14 | 6 | 87 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 60 | 54 | 12 | 31 | 51 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 7 |
198 | Pneumonia | 82 | 40 | 50 | 25 | 1 | 86 | 40 | 7 | 127 | 21 | 34 | 16 | 86 | 82 | 30 | 54 | 88 | .37 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 32 |
105 | Convulsions | 40 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 71 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 66 | 32 | 7 | 34 | 50 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
117 | Suffocation | 84 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 73 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 52 | 51 | 14 | 41 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
63 | Measles | 16 | 14 | 20 | 11 | — | 32 | 14 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 6 | — | - | — | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 19 |
62 | Hooping Cough | 30 | 9 | 16 | 7 | — | 32 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
52 | Tuberculosis | 18 | 12 | 14 | 8 | — | 15 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
47 | Meningitis including Tuberculous | 31 | 8 | 5 | 3 | _ | 35 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 13 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
138 | Miscellaneous | 73 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 92 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 80 | 45 | 13 | 46 | 56 | 25 | 11 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
1825 | % | 636 | 242 | 537 | 232 | 178 | 694 | 308 | 93 | 1188 | 217 | 236 | 184 | 971 | 634 | 220 | 566 | 783 | 325 | 151 | 488 | 183 | 169 | 150 | 127 | 114 | 100 | 95 | 98 | 97 | 85 | 119 |
35 | 13.2 | 30 | 12.8 | 9 | 63 | 29 | 8 | 65 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 35 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 10 | 9.5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | ||
% on 1095. |