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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
Holborn 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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There were two deaths of infants who became ill while taking prepared milk.
One was a healthy child that had taken the milk for six months, and died, age 9
months, from measles; the other a very small and delicate infant that took the milk
from a fortnight old for about a month, and died in Hospital from abscess and
broncho-pneumonia.
| St. Giles and Bloomsbury | 110 |
| Holborn Sub-District | 105 |
| Holborn Borough | 215 |
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| St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn Sub-District. | total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Of these the numbers were– | |||
| 3 | |||
| 91 „ | – | 1 | 1 |
| 92 „ | 1 | 1 | |
| 110 | 215 | ||
DEATHS FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
The following tables give details respecting the number of deaths, and the deathrates,
from the seven principal epidemic diseases, viz.:—Small-pox, Measles,
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup), Whooping Cough, Fever
(including Enteric or Typhoid, Typhus and Continued), and Diarrhoea. It will be
seen that the number is only 43 in comparison with a decennial average of 89.
The death-rate for the Borough was only 081 in comparison with 114 for
London.
Number.
Epidemic Dcath-Rate.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury
Holborn Sub-District
Holborn Borough
And for London
14
29
43
5,559
0.50
1.16
0.81
1.14