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Holborn 1914
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Year. | Holborn Borough. | London. Rate per 1,000 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death-Rate per 1,000. | |||
| Crude. | Corrected. | |||
| 1904 | 157 | 2.80 | 2.46 | 1.65 |
| 1905 | 149 | 2.71 | 2.88 | 1.46 |
| 1906 | 118 | 2.18 | 1.92 | 1.49 |
| 1907 | 125 | 2.36 | 2.07 | 1.46 |
| 1908 | 105 | 1.97 | 1.73 | 1.39 |
| 1909 | 108 | 2.11 | 1.85 | 1.40 |
| 1910 | 98 | 1.96 | 1.72 | 1.23 |
| 1911 | 96 | 1.96 | 1.72 | 1.35 |
| 1912 | 95 | 1.98 | 1.74 | 1.35 |
| 1913 | 89 | 1.87 | 1.60 | 1.30 |
| 1914 | 92 | 1.97 | 1.69 | 1.39 |
Notification of Consumption.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908, 1911, & 1912.
The Voluntary Notification of Consumption which had been in force from
the 1st January, 1904, and had been partly superseded by the Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908 (Poor Law Cases), and the Public Health
(Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911, was finally and completely superseded
by the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1911, which came into
force on the 1st January, 1912. These Tuberculosis Regulations of 1911 were
superseded by the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, which made
compulsory the notification of all forms of tuberculosis, and came into force on
the 1st February, 1913.
Excluding duplicates the total number of notifications received was 135, of
which 42 were private cases, 49 hospital cases, and 44 poor-law cases.
Of the total number 37, or 27.4 per cent., were residents of common lodging
houses, and were all but 2 at once or soon afterwards removed to workhouse
infirmaries. With few exceptions the remaining 98 lived in tenement houses
and 32 of these were removed to infirmary or hospital, 66 remaining at home,
but some of these had previously been in infirmaries, hospitals or sanatoria.
In previous annual reports I have given details of the action that is taken
and the various results that were obtained from the enquiries made.
After death, or removal to infirmary or hospital, disinfection is advised
Consent for this was obtained in 21 cases.