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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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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1926.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of cases notified | Total cases notified in each locality | Total cases removed to Hospital | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years | Clerkcnwell | St. Lukes | St. Sepulchre | ||||||||
| Under 1year | 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 andupwards | ||||||
| Diphtheria (including Mem. Croup) | 186 | 5 | 74 | 85 | 15 | 7 | _ | _ | 116 | 68 | 2 | 183 |
| Scarlet Fever | 258 | 5 | 91 | 139 | 18 | 5 | — | — | 149 | 109 | - | 256 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | - | — | 2 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | 2 | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | - | — | 10 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 160 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 46 | 50 | 8 | 64 | 96 | - | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 35 | — | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 20 | 15 | - | — |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 69 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 49 | 20 | - | 25 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | - | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 41 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 20 | - | 7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | - | 1 |
| Measles and German Measles | 1,142 | 85 | 720 | 326 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 758 | 384 | - | 240 |
| Zymotic Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | - | — |
| Totals | 1,936 | 115 | 909 | 589 | 109 | 108 | 85 | 21 | 1,205 | 729 | 2 | 732 |