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 1926
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1926
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Amongst the 29 Metropolitan cities and boroughs 16 have
an infant mortality lower than Finsbury ; those with lower rates of
infant mortality were Greenwich, Lewisham, Woolwich, Kensington,
Fulham, Chelsea, Westminster, Hampstead, Stoke Newington,
Hackney, Stepney, Bermondsey, Lambeth, Battersea, Wandsworth,
Deptford.
The deaths of infants allocated to the various diseases are
given in the following table, which contains the records for previous
years :—
| Disease. | 1911-20 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 137 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 158 |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 87 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 116 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 469 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 578 |
| Premature Birth | 446 | 44 | 50 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 33 | 645 |
| Congenital Defects | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Marasmus | 170 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 202 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| OtherTuberculous Diseases | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 46 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Syphilis | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 |
| Convulsions | 71 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 90 |
| Bronchitis | 146 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 187 |
| Pneumonia | 394 | 35 | 36 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 560 |
| Overlying | 103 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 114 |
| Other Causes | 335 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 442 |
| Totals | 2,530 | 181 | 158 | 112 | 125 | 105 | 109 | 3,320 |