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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 following table compares Finsbury with London and England and Wales generally:—
| Whole of London | 67 |
| 598 | |
| Great towns | 79 |
| Smaller towns | 74 |
Amongst the 29 Metropolitan cities and boroughs only 6 have
an infant mortality lower than Finsbury; those with lower rates of
infant mortality were Hampstead, Lambeth, Battersea, Wandsworth,
Lewisham and Woolwich. In respect of its own figures,
therefore, Finsbury has established a first-class record for 1925.
The deaths of infants allocated to the various diseases are given in the following table, which contains the records for previous years:—
| Disease. | 19)1-20 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 187 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 154 |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 87 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 115 |
| Gastritis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 469 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 563 |
| Premature Birth | 446 | 44 | 50 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 612 |
| Congenital Defects | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| Marasmus | 170 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 197 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 40 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Syphilis | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 62 |
| Convulsions | 71 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 85 |
| Bronchitis | 146 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 181 |
| Pneumonia | 394 | 35 | 36 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 541 |
| Overlying | 103 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 114 |
| Other Causes | 328 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 419 |
| Totals | 2,530 | 181 | 158 | 112 | 125 | 105 | 3,211 |