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Finsbury 1909
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Sections 60-65, 68-70, 72-74 of the same Act apply to Measles.
Cases of Anthrax, or poisoning' by mercury, arsenic, lead and
phosphorus, must be notified to the Chief Inspector of Factories,
Whitehall.
Phthisis is voluntarily notifiable in Finsbury in the case of
private patients, and compulsorily notifiable in the case of poor
law patients.
Compulsory notification of poor law patients with Phthisis is
provided for under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1908, of the Local Government Board, which came into force on
the 1st January, 1909.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The number of notifications of infectious disease received in
1909 was 534, as compared with 654 in 1908, 735 in 1907, and 764
in 1906, so that it appears that the number has gradually been
diminishing in recent years.
These notifications were apportioned thus:—Smallpox none,
Scarlet Fever 231, Diphtheria 152, Cerebro Spinal Fever 3,
Typhoid Fever 15, Erysipelas 127, and Puerperal Fever 6 cases.
The figures for previous years are appended :—
| Year. | Number of Notifications Received. | Notifications per 1,000 of the population. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,101 | 10.8 | 85.5 |
| 1902 | 1,026 | 10.1 | 82.4 |
| 1903 | 566 | 5.5 | 78.8 |
| 1904 | 609 | 61 | 72.5 |
| I905 | 745 | 75 | 81.8 |
| 1906 | 764 | 78 | 76.9 |
| 1907 | 735 | 7.6 | 83.4 |
| 1908 | 654 | 6.5 | 83.6 |
| 1909 | 534 | 5.6 | 74.7 |
In the above table "Notifications " of Chicken-Pox are excluded (203 in 1907).