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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 1912
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1912
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The age incidence and the ages at death from 1903 to 1912
are shown in the subjoined table:—
| Under 1 year of age in months. | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5-10 | 10-15 | Total 1903-1912. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||||
| 3 | 43 | 117 | 170 | 679 | 644 | 808 | 1,183 | 2,314 | 71 | 6,032 |
The disease was very prevalent towards the end of 1912. The
actual numbers notified year by year were:—577, 802, 561, 1,036,
478, 245, 436, 898, 384, and 625 from 1903 to 1912 respectively.
| Under 1 year of age in months. | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5-10 | 10-15 | Total 1903-1912 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||||
| 3 | 14 | 56 | 90 | 331 | 114 | 73 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 729 |
The deaths year by year were 69, 60, 31, 115, 43, 38, 86, 73,
85, and 129 from 1903 until 1912.
The largest number of cases and deaths were in 1906, when the
disease was very prevalent.
The cases are visited by the Lady Sanitary Inspector, who gives
the parents suitable advice as to nursing and feeding the
patients. A leaflet of instruction is left at the house, and dispensary
tickets given for those children needing treatment.
The dirty tenements are disinfected at the end of the case.
The rooms were disinfected in 146 tenements.
From 1909 to 1912 deaths from measles occurred chiefly in the