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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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The age incidence and the age at death from 1903 to 1909 is
shown in the tables given:—
AGE INCIDENT OF CASES OF MEASLES, 1903-1909.
| Under 1 year of age in months. | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5-10 | 10-15 | Total 1903-1909 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||||
| 2 | 31 | 93 | 125 | 540 | 537 | 663 | 40 | 1,.254 | 49 | 4.135 |
The actual numbers notified year by year were 577, 802, 561,
1,036, 478, 245 and 436 from 1903 up to the present year.
AGE AT DEATH IN CASES OF MEASLES, 19031909.
| Under 1 year of age in months. | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5-10 | 10-15 | Total 1903-1909 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||||
| 1 | 12 | 31 | 57 | 204 | 60 | 48 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 434 |
The deaths year by year were 69, 60, 31, 115, 43, 38, and 86
from 1903 until 1909. The largest number of cases and deaths
were in 1906, when the disease was very prevalent.
The houses where cases occur are disinfected-—this measure,
however, does not appear to have limited the spread of the disease
or to have lessened its virulence. The remedy lies with the
parents themselves, who must be educated to recognise the loss
of life that is yearly accredited to measles. Disinfection will not
achieve this end—disinfection will not cure ignorance or carelessness.
HOOPING COUGH.
This is not a notifiable disease. School teachers sent in notices
of 257 cases.
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