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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 1925
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1925
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The cases of puerperal fever are investigated by the Maternity
Superintendents. The premises are visited, the sanitary defects
ascertained, and made the subject of notice for amendment. The
rooms are disinfected.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Sixteen cases were notified in 1925.
The children were all visited from the Public Health Department
and the mothers were shown how to carry out the treatment advised
by the doctors. Two of the patients were sent into hospital and 5
attended Moorfields Eye Hospital as out-patients. In no case was
impairment of vision reported.
DEATHS AND DEATH RATES.
The number of Finsbury residents who died in 1925 was
1,055; equivalent to a death rate tor the whole Borough of 13 6
per 1,000 inhabitants living. The death rate for the whole of
London was 11.7 per 1,000.
The death rates for previous years are given in the attached table.
| Year. | The Borough. | Clerkenwell. | St. Luke's | St. Sepulchre. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 18.5 | 18.0 | 19.1 | 28.3 |
| 1913 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 38.1 |
| 1914 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 21.8 | 16.3 |
| 1915 | 21.5 | 20.7 | 25.5 | 16.3 |
| 1916 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 20.3 | 8.4 |
| 1917 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 10.6 |
| 1918 | 23.7 | 24.3 | 22.9 | 17.4 |
| 1919 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 9.0 |
| 1920 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 15.4 | 9.2 |
| 1921 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 10.6 |
| 1922 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 23.7 |
| 1923 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
| 1924 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 19.1 |
| 1925 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 16.3 |