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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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| Cause of Death. | 0-1weeks. | 1-2weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3—4weeks. | Total under four weeks. | 1-3 mths. | 3-6 mths. | 6-9 mths. | 9-12 mths. | Total under one year. | Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepul. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | -_ | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | -_ | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 7 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | - | -_ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | 15 | 5 | 10 | - |
| Congenital Debility, Prematurity, | |||||||||||||
| etc. | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | - | -_ | 1 | -_ | 17 | 9 | 8 | - |
| Accident of birth | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Other defined causes | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Total | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 30 | 24 | - |