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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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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1925.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | Clerkenwell | St. 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 | ||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 252 | 5 | 109 | 106 | 21 | 8 | 3 | — | 170 | 80 | 2 | 251 |
| Scarlet Fever | 283 | 1 | 106 | 159 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | 183 | 100 | — | 282 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 202 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 70 | 63 | 6 | 115 | 87 | — | — |
| Other tuberculosis | 22 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 14 | 8 | — | — |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 62 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 18 | — | 33 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 75 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | — | — | 3 |
| Measles and German Measles | 723 | 40 | 395 | 282 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 391 | 332 | — | 138 |
| Puerperal sepsis | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| Acute poliomylitis | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Puerperal saprœmia | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| Zymotic enteritis | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 4 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1,686 | 71 | 633 | 580 | 133 | 132 | 117 | 20 | 1024 | 659 | 3 | 737 |