Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1926
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The particulars of cases in previous years are appended:—
Year. | No. of Cases. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality. No. of Deaths per 100 cases notified. | No. of Cases per 10,000 of Population. | No. of Deaths per 10,000 of Population. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911 | 159 | 17 | 10.7 | 18.1 | 1.9 |
1912 | 148 | 14 | 9.4 | 17.1 | 1.6 |
1913 | 91 | 9 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 1.06 |
1914 | 134 | 9 | 6.7 | 16.1 | 1.08 |
1915 | 116 | 9 | 7.7 | 15.0 | 1.17 |
1916 | 162 | 14 | 8.6 | 21.8 | 1.88 |
1917 | 144 | 8 | 5.5 | 21.1 | 1.17 |
1918 | 110 | 10 | 9.1 | 16.5 | 1.50 |
1919 | 116 | 11 | 9.5 | 15.4 | 1.46 |
1920 | 215 | 27 | 12.5 | 27.4 | 3.45 |
1921 | 324 | 36 | 11.1 | 42.2 | 4.69 |
1922 | 352 | 31 | 8.8 | 45.8 | 4.03 |
1923 | 260 | 8 | 3.07 | 33.6 | 1.03 |
1924 | 163 | 14 | 8.6 | 21.1 | 1.81 |
1925 | 201 | 6 | 2.9 | 25.9 | .77 |
1926 | 163 | 5 | 3.1 | 21.0 | .64 |
All the cases were investigated, and the source, if possible,
was ascertained. The premises were inspected, and notices were
served for sanitary defects. The drains were carefully examined,
and in nearly every case tested. 3 of the cases were contracted in
hospital after the patients had been admitted suffering from diseases
other than diphtheria. There was 1 "return" case.
Cases Discharged cured from Hospitals.—A few days after
their return home from fever hospitals, all patients are examined
very carefully, and a record kept of their condition. A leaflet is
given to the patients, its terms explained, and precautionary
measures are advised. If a child has a discharge from the nose, or
if for any other reason the infection is believed to persist, the
mother is advised to take the child to her own doctor, or if poor, to
bring it to the Public Health Department.