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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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Nine cases of scarlet fever were returned home as incorrect.
Deaths.—The number of deaths certified in 1911 as due to
the infectious diseases named in the accompanying table, was
299. The corresponding death-rate was 3-4 per 1,000 inhabitants.
| Small-Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 49 | 37 | 95 | 259 | |
| 1902 | 32 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 83 | 68 | 84 | 334 |
| 1903 | — | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 69 | 52 | 100 | 260 |
| 1904 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 26 | 145 | 278 |
| 1905 | — | 21 | 11 | 9 | — | 31 | 32 | 111 | 215 |
| 1906 | — | 13 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 115 | 55 | 144 | 371 |
| 1907 | — | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 44 | 66 | 187 |
| 1908 | — | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 126 | 229 |
| 1909 | — | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 86 | 51 | 68 | 232 |
| 1910 | — | 4 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 36 | 5° | 192 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 85 | 27 | 152 | 299 |
The increase this year is due to the large number of deaths
from diarrhoea in infants during the exceedingly hot summer
months.
DISINFECTION.
In Finsbury there are two disinfecting stations—one at 49,
Northampton Road, Clerkenwell, and the other at Warwick
Place, Whitecross Street, St. Luke. At each station there is a
mortuary and a coroner's court.
The mortuary keepers, who reside on the premises, are also
chief or foreman disinfectors.