Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1912
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Wilmington Place | 5 | Wynford Road | 9 | |
Wilmington Square | 11 | Wynyatt Street | 5 | |
Winchester Cottages | I | Yardley Street | 2 | |
Winchester Street | 6 | Young's Buildings | 8 |
The deaths of infants allocated to the various diseases are
given in the following table, which contains the records for the
last six years :—
1912. | 1907-11. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|
M easles | 29 | 79 | 108 |
Diphtheria | 4 | 8 | 12 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Hooping Cough | 16 | 66 | 82 |
Gastritis | — | 4 | 4 |
Diarrhoea | 8 | 257 | 265 |
Enteritis | 26 | 84 | 110 |
Premature Birth | 46 | 335 | 381 |
Congenital Defects | 4 | 43 | 47 |
Marasmus | 29 | 223 | 252 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 4 | 31 | 35 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 6 | 29 | 3 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Syphilis | 10 | 36 | 46 |
Convulsions | 15 | 50 | 65 |
Bronchitis | 16 | 117 | 133 |
Pneumonia | 39 | 247 | 286 |
Overlain in bed | 11 | 103 | 114 |
Other Causes | 25 | 170 | 195 |
Totals | 290 | 1,887 | 2,177 |