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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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| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Total. |
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| – | – | – | |||||||
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| – | – | – | 316 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | – | ||||||
| Average for 10 years 1900-1909. | .4 | ||||||||
| – | – | – | – | 180 |
Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 282
notifications were received, and from April 8th to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time 61
notifications were received.
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis was notifiable from March 12th, 1907; notifications were received, 1907, 2; 1908, nil;
1909. nil: 1910. 1
There were also the following voluntary notifications of Phthisis:—
| 1904 | 344 | 1908 | 152 | |
| 1905 | 208 | 1909 Voluntary | 16 | |
| 1906 | 191 | „ Poor Law | 326 | |
| 1907 | 171 | 342 | ||
| 1910 Voluntary | 16 | |||
| Poor Law | 154 | 170 |
SMALL POX.
There was no notification of small pox in the Borough during the year.
SCARLET FEVER.
During the 52 weeks ended January 1st, 1910, the number of scarlet fever
notifications, excluding duplicates was only 68, 29 belonging to St Giles and
Bloomsbury and 39 to the Holborn District. In St. Giles District 27 cases were
removed to hospital, and in the Holborn District all the whole 39. The number
of notifications was only 1.3 per 1,000 in comparison with 2.2 for London.
Errors in Diagnosis.
During the year 14 patients were returned home from the hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board reported as not suffering from scarlet fever, or
20.6 per cent. of the notifications, a very much larger percentage than in previous
years.