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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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Brewer Street, Crawford Passage, Cumming Street, Farringdon
Road Buildings, Great Bath Street, Helmet Row, Margaret Street
Myddleton Street and Victoria Dwellings.
The deaths from Hooping Cough were chicfly in Hatfield Street,
Cavendish Buildings, Farringdon Road Buildings, l'enton Place
and Rodney Street.
CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS.
This disease is compulsorily notifiable in poor law patients,
beginning with the present year.
Voluntary notification of all cases has existed in Finsbury
since 1900.

Table: The notifications and deaths since 1901 are given below:—

The notifications and deaths since 1901 are given below:—

Total No. of Notifications.No. of Cases notified per 10,000 of population.Total No. of Deaths.Death Rate per 1,000.
1901706.92162.12
190212112.02402.38
190321921.82232.21
190421021.22512.53
1905178l8.l2152.18
190621722.22322.38
190721722.42432.51
190822022.92212.30
190935937.42282 39

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The total number of notifications in 1909 was 359, and is larger
than that of any preceeding year, by reason of the introduction
of compulsory notification for poor-law patients.