London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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TABLE II. Case of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1912.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each locality. (e.g., Parish or Ward of the District.) | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Agest—Years. | Clerkenwell. 1 | St. Luke. 2 | St. Sepulchre. 3 | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 133 | 8 | 59 | 58 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 75 | 50 | 2 | 132 |
| Erysipelas | 143 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 56 | 21 | 117 | 25 | 1 | 27 |
| Scarlet Fever | 159 | 3 | 59 | 88 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 111 | 47 | 1 | 155 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 8 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | — | — | 10 | 2 | — | 7 |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 438 | 2 | 8 | 90 | 51 | 186 | 85 | 16 | 274 | 164 | — | 67 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Totals | 905 | 25 | 133 | 247 | 85 | 235 | 143 | 37 | 603 | 298 | 4 | 404 |