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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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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1927.
| Cause of Death | Net deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district | Total Deaths whether of " Residents " or "Non-Residents" in Institutions. | Clerkenwell. | St. Luke's. | St. Sepulchre. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 year | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and upwards | |||||
| Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Wnooping Cough | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 6 | – |
| Diphtheria | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Influenza | 38 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 10 | – | 28 | 10 | – |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Phthisis | 101 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 7 | – | 75 | 26 | – |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 6 | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3 | – |
| Rheumatic Fever | 4 | – | – | 11 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – |
| Cancer | 111 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 12 | 53 | 45 | 12 | 71 | 38 | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 104 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 75 | – | 66 | 38 | – |
| Pneumonia, all forms | 97 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 68 | 30 | 2 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | – |
| Diarrhœea | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteritis | 11 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | – |
| Appendicitis | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | – |
| Alcoholism | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 4 | 4 | – |
| Bright's Disease and Cerebral Hæmorrhage | 82 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 35 | 39 | 3 | 57 | 24 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Other Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and Parturition | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Congenital Malformation | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 11 | – |
| Premature Birth | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 5 | – |
| Marasmus | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Want of Breast Milk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Violence | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 16 | – | 2 |
| Suicide | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 2 | – |
| Old Age | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 170 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 90 | 8 | 117 | 45 | 8 |
| I11-Defined Diseases | 17 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | – |
| Heart Disease | 119 | 6 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 59 | 1 | 79 | 37 | 3 |
| Meningitis | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Totals | 1010 | 73 | 34 | 43 | 22 | 47 | 103 | 303 | 385 | 37 | 667 | 322 | 21 |
| Broncho Pneumonia | 54 | 13 | 12 | 11 | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 1 |
| Other Pneumonias | 43 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 14 | – | 30 | 12 | 1 |
* These figures are included in the above table.