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Holborn 1898

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898

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Table: TABLE II. (as required by the Local Government Board). TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1898, in the Holborn (London, W.C.) District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

TABLE II. (as required by the Local Government Board). TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1898, in the Holborn (London, W.C.) District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. Population at all Ages.Registered BirthsAged under 5 or over 5. New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of HealthNumber of such Cases removed from there homes in the several Localities for treatment in Hospital.
Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1898.1234567891011121312345678910111213
Smallpox,Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas,
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
St. George the Martyr...............1233..................12.........1033..................12......
5 upwds....3042 20......6 .........1...18.........3038......6............5......
St. Andrew Eastern30,54029,612808...101...........................8161...........................
5 upwds....39342...3......1...15.........28272...3......1...5......
Glasshouse Yard6686515...21.................................21..............................
5 upwds...............................................................................
Children's Hospital.........Under 5...........................................................................
5 upwds....34.................................34......8.....................
London Homoeopathic Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds.......1....................................1..............................
National Homoeopathic Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds...............................................................................
Italian Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds...............................................................................
St. John and Elizabeth Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds...............................................................................
Alexandra Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds...............................................................................
Orthopaedic Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds...............................................................................
St. Marylebone Workhouse.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds...............................3....................................3......
Totals.........Under 5...24541...............12.........20501...............12......
5 upwds....72812...9......2...36.........61702...9......1...13......