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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 1911
Report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1911
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he numbers 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 | 10.2 | 82.4 |
| 1903 | 566 | 5.7 | 788 |
| 1904 | 609 | 6.2 | 72'.5 |
| 1905 | 745 | 81.8 | |
| 1906 | 764 | 8.08 | 76.9 |
| 1907 | 735 | 7.8 | 83.4 |
| 1908 | 654 | 7.1 | 83. 6 |
| 1909 | 534 | 5 .9 | 74.7 |
| 1910 | 455 | 5.1 | 63.5 |
| 1911 | 640 | 7.3 | 61. 4 |
The above table excludes notifications of Chicken-Pox—there were 203 in 1907 and 181 in 1911.
The amount paid in fees this year for notifications was
£70 8s. 6d. The highest was £175 16s. in 1902, at the time of
the small pox epidemic. The lowest was £43 14s. 6d. in 1910.
Diagnosis.—In 31 cases out of a total number of 410, the
patients after admission to a fever hospital were returned home
as not suffering, at the time of admission, from any notifiable
infectious disease.
Sixty-seven per cent, of these mistakes were made at the large
general hospitals. The errors were chiefly in connection with
diphtheria—out of 175 cases removed, 16 were returned home as
not having the disease.
The diagnosis of typhoid fever was sustained in hospital except
in 5 cases.