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 1927

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1927

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Table: The following table compares Einsbury with London and England and Wales generally:—

The following table compares Einsbury with London and England and Wales generally:—

England and Wales69
Whole of London59
Finsbury50
Great towns71
Smaller towns68

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Amongst the 29 Metropolitan cities and boroughs 3 have
an infant mortality lower than Finsbury ; those with lower rates of
infant mortality were Holborn, Lewisham and Woolwich.
The deaths of infants allocated to the various diseases are
given in the following table, which contains the records for previous
years : —

Table: Infant Deaths, 1911-27.

Infant Deaths, 1911-27.

Disease.1911-201921-2519261927Total.
Measles1371740158
Diphtheria1490023
Scarlet Fever31116
Whooping Cough872813119
Diarrhoea and Enteritis469941513591
Premature Birth4461663312657
Congenital Defects20231347
Marasmus1702752204
Tuberculous Meningitis4020143
Other Tuberculous Diseases3862248
Erysipelas41106
Syphilis6390062
Convulsions71145090
Bronchitis1463562189
Pneumonia3941471914574
Overlying1031100114
Other Causes335911620462
Totals2,530681733,393109