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 1923
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923
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The following table compares Finsbury with London and
England and Wales generally:—
| England and Wales | 69 |
| Whole of London | 60 |
| 60.7 | |
| Great towns | 72 |
| Smaller towns | 69 |
Amongst London Boroughs Finsbury stood fourteenth, its
infant mortality was 60.7.
The deaths of infants allocated to the various diseases are
given in the following table, which contains the records for
previous years:—
| Disease. | 1911-16 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 102 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 139 |
| Diphtheria | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 68 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 103 |
| Gastritis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Diarrhæa and Enteritis | 393 | 22 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 531 |
| Premature Birth | 300 | 25 | 28 | 44 | 49 | 44 | 50 | 28 | 568 |
| Congenital Defects | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 41 |
| Marasmus | 135 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 187 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | 42 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Syphilis | 45 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | 59 |
| Convulsions | 54 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 80 |
| Bronchitis | 109 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 166 |
| Pneumonia | 258 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 45 | 35 | 36 | 25 | 490 |
| Overlying | 88 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | 110 |
| Other Causes | 226 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 386 |
| Totals | 1,874 | 187 | 141 | 140 | 188 | 181 | 158 | 112 | 2,981 |