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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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TABLE II. /Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1911.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each locality. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Agest-Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchre. | ||||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 159 | 3 | 60 | 68 | 24 | 4 | - | - | 103 | 51 | 5 | 150 | |
| Erysipelas | 223 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 80 | 76 | 24 | 176 | 47 | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 171 | - | 57 | 103 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 115 | 55 | 1 | 167 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Enteric Fever | 74 | - | - | 34 | 24 | 16 | -_ | - | 68 | 6 | - | 73 | |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Varicella | 131 | 16 | 50 | 59 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 70 | 61 | - | - | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Phthisis | Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908 | 152 | - | 3 | 16 | 10 | 70 | 44 | 9 | 96 | 55 | 1 | 152 |
| Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1911 | 161 | - | 3 | 10 | 28 | 74 | 41 | 5 | 105 | 55 | 1 | 66 | |
| Others | 106 | - | 2 | 55 | 6 | 33 | 10 | - | 72 | 34 | - | 4 | |
| Totals | 1190 | 31 | 180 | 360 | 121 | 289 | 171 | 38 | 812 | 369 | 9 | 615 | |