London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| 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 |