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 1914
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1914
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TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1914.
| Notifiable Disease. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1 | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 yeais | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and upwards. | Clerkenwell | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchre. | ||
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 134 | 5 | 45 | 67 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — | 76 | 55 | 3 | 133 |
| Erysipelas | 159 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 47 | 15 | 109 | 50 | _ | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 438 | 8 | 116 | 275 | 27 | 12 | — | — | 314 | 123 | 1 | 434 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
| Enteric Fever | 15 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 3 | — | 15 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | — | — | 9 | 2 | _ | 7 |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis . | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 382 | 2 | 17 | 53 | 64 | 156 | 78 | 12 | 260 | 120 | 2 | 203 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 77 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 28 | 1 | 48 |
| T otals | 1237 | 46 | 222 | 437 | 12/ | 245 | 131 | 29 | 839 | 391 | 7 | 858 |