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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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| Under 1 year | 1-10 | 10- | 20- | 30- | 40- | 50- | 6o- | Total all ages. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 63 |
| Females | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 160 |
| Totals | 3 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 42 | 39 | 45 | 42 | 223 |
Disinfection is done after erysipelas only on request and not
as a routine measure. There were 7 deaths due to the disease,
all in adults.
CHICKEN POX.
Owing to the prevalence of small pox in London, chicken pox
was made temporarily notifiable for three months, from the 22nd
March, 1911.
One hundred and thirty-one cases were notified.
These were all visited and a special investigation made into
100 consecutive cases.
Forty-four were school children. Two were in school on the
day before the rash was notified ; 26 were absent from school 2
to 7 days before being notified.
Of the whole number only 27 were kept in bed—these were the
very youngest children.
Contact with other cases was ascertained in 87 instances.
Seventy-nine were vaccinated, 21 were unvaccinated.
In only 30 cases were there symptoms at the onset—these were
headache, 16; slight disinclination for food, 11; pain in the legs,
2; pain in the back, one case.