Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Measles.
For many years the experience of Finchley has been
similar to that of other urban districts containing a large
number of children, and having intimate daily communication
with big centres of population, that is, the occurrence
of localised outbreaks at frequent intervals, and every few
years an outbreak tending to assume epidemic prevalence.
From the accompanying table, covering a period of
seventeen years, it will be seen that in every third or fourth
year the mortality from measles in this district has risen considerably
above the average:—
Estimated Population. | Number of Deaths. | Rate per 1000 of Population. | |
---|---|---|---|
1891 | 16,419 | 0 | ... |
1892 | 17,002 | 4 | .23 |
1893 | 17,500 | 18 | 1.03 |
1894 | 18,015 | 5 | .28 |
1895 | 18,598 | 1 | .05 |
1896 | 19,218 | 1 | .05 |
1897 | 20,064 | 11 | .55 |
1898 | 20,907 | 6 | .29 |
1899 | 21,800 | 0 | ... |
1900 | 22,750 | 1 | .04 |
1901 | 22,500 | 12 | .53 |
1902 | 23,400 | 2 | .08 |
1903 | 24,125 | 1 | .04 |
1904 | 25,554 | 17 | .66 |
1905 | 28,718 | 0 | ... |
1906 | 30,750 | 7 | .23 |
Average of 16 years1891—1906 | 21,708 | 5.4 | .25 |
1907 | 36,321 | 16 | .44 |