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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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whelks and other shell fish. One female had contracted the disease
in Italy, and was ill on her arrival in the Borough.
For the other cases, no presumed sources were discovered.
At the present day there is every reason to believe that these
cases for which no source is found are often due to undiscovered
"carrier" cases—people who have had typhoid 10, 20 or 30 years
previously, who are now apparently in excellent health, but yet
who may pass countless millions of typhoid germs daily in their
stools or urine, as a result of the attack years ago.
ERYSIPELAS.
Notification to the number of 127 were received, distributed as follows:-
| Under 1 year | 1-10 | 10- | 20- | 30- | 40- | 50- | 60- | Total all ages. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 43 |
| Females | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 84 |
| Total | 3 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 127 |
Disinfection is done after Erysipelas only on request and not
as a routine measure.
There were three deaths due to the disease, one in a child under
1 year, the other two in adults.
MEASLES.
This disease is not compulsorily notifiable. Notice of 436 cases
was received in 1909 from Schools inside and outside the Borough,
from School Visitors, from Medical Men, from other Borough
Councils, from Registrars of Births and Deaths, from Relieving
Officers, Sanitary Inspectors, Superintendents of Dwellings and
from Parents and Guardians.