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Finsbury 1923

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923

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90
Cases of Infectious Diseasb Notified during the Year 1923.
Notifiable Disease.
Number of cases notified.
Total cases notified
in each locality.
Total
cases
removed
to
Hospital
At all
Ages
At Ages—Years.
Clerkenwell
Luke
St. Sepulchre
Under
1
year
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
1





1


1
-
1
Cholera, Plague










-

Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)
311
9
104
148
30
19
4

216
95
3
314
Scarlet Fever
183
4
74
88
11
5
1

129
52
2
181
Typhus Fever






-

-
-
-
-
Enteric Fever
2





2

2
-
-
2
Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Puerperal Fever
13



4
9


8
5
-
-
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis







-
-
-
-
-
Acute Poliomyelitis
1


1




1
-
-
1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
8
8




-
-
7
1
-
-
Pulmonary tuberculosis
150
1

9
40
60
35
5
95
52
3
93
Other forms of tuberculosis
45

10
15
12
7
1

27
17
1
22
Anthrax




-




-

Glanders





-


-
-
-
-
Malaria





-



-
-
-
Trench Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dysentery









-
-
-
Acute Primary Pneumonia
50

11
5
9
10
12
3
33
17
-
-
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
14



1
5
7
1
7
7
-
-
Erysipelas
138

7
7
33
54
28
9
109
29
-
-
Encephalitis lethargica
2

1



1
-
1
1
-
-
Acute polioencephalitis





-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hydrophobia





-
-
-
-
-
-
-
•Diarrhoea
139
38
67
7
3
10
5
9
112
27
-
-
‡Measles
357
25
224
103
4
1


217
135
5
60
Totals
1,417
85
498
383
147
180
97
27
964
439
14
674
* Notifiable from 2nd July, 1923. ‡ Notifiable from 8th January, 1923.