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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explained to the mother, suitable measures suggested, and a leaflet
of instruction left with her. Special attention is paid to children
who develop a discharge from the nose or ears after their return
home, to children with adenoids, to children with enlarged neck
glands, and to children with sores on their lips, ears or on their
faces. Twenty such cases were kept under the observation of the
Medical Officer for periods varying from one to four weeks before
they were certified as being free from infection and fit to resume
school attendance.
Year. | No. of cases notified. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality. No. of Deaths, per 100 cases. | No. of Cases per 10,000 of Population. | No. of Deaths per 10,000 of Population. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911 | 74 | 9 | 12.2 | 8.4 | 1.02 |
1912 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | .58 | .11 |
1913 | 15 | 0 | .0 | 1.7 | .00 |
1914 | 15 | 2 | 12.5 | 1.8 | .24 |
1915 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | .39 | .13 |
1916 | 4 | 0 | .0 | .53 | .00 |
1917 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | .29 | .14 |
1918 | 2 | 0 | .0 | .30 | .00 |
1919 | 7 | 0 | .0 | .93 | .00 |
1920 | 5 | 0 | .0 | .64 | .00 |
1921 | 5 | 0 | .0 | .65 | .00 |
1922 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | .52 | .13 |
1923 | 2 | 0 | .0 | .26 | .00 |
1924 | 5 | 0 | .0 | .64 | .00 |
1925 | 7 | 3 | 42.8 | .90 | .39 |
1926 | 2 | 0 | .0 | .26 | .00 |