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Holborn 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Year. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | – | 31 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 45 | 128 |
| 1901 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 133 |
| 1902 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 142 |
| 1903 | – | 17 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 70 |
| 1904 | 2 | 43 | – | 7 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 99 |
| 1905 | – | 11 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 59 |
| 1906 | – | 25 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 84 |
| 1907 | – | 13 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 71 |
| 1908 | – | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 58 |
| 1909 | – | 14 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 43 |
| Average for 10 years 1900-1909. | 7.8 | 21.6 | 3.9 | 8.1 | 15.7 | 4.8 | 26.8 | 88.7 |
| 1910 | – | 13 | – | 4 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 43 |
MEASLES.
Measles, although more prevalent than in the year 1909 was less fatal, and
was again much less prevalent than in the year 1906. We received information
of 234 cases in comparison with 139 in 1909, 86 in 1908, and 370 in 1906. All
the schools were more or less affected.
Of the 234 cases notified, a few were found not to be suffering from measles.
Of 172 cases in which inquiries were made, it was found that 150 were attending
school, 22 were under school age, and 11 of these contracted measles from other
children in the family attending school. In 32 cases there was no doctor in
attendance. 113 cases occurred in tenements of only one or two rooms. There
were only 13 deaths in comparison with a decennial average of 22. Of these 4
belonged to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 9 to the Holborn District.
During the year the Education Department of the London County Council
excluded all the unprotected children from certain classes, in the Infants'
Department, of the undermentioned schools from and up to the dates specified:—
Macklin Street (E.C.), Infant Class—1st to 15th May.
St. John-the-Evangelist, Class C—4th to 20th July.
Rosebery Avenue, Classes A & B—14th to 20th July.
St. Albans, Class C—18th to 20th July.
Christ Church, Class B—5th to 9th September.
St. Giles in the Fields, Infant Class—12tli to 23rd September.
Saffron Hill, Class A—18th to 25th November.
Princeton Street, Class A—23rd November to 9th December.
Tower Street, Class B—24th to 30th November.
St. Albans, Class B—2nd to 23rd December.