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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 1914
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1914. Name of District—Holborn.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Locality (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospitals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 6 to 16. | 15 to 25. | 26 to 45 | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | __ | _ | _ | _— | _ |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 63 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 1 | — | 29 | 34 | 61 |
| Erysipelas | 22 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 173 | 2 | 45 | 97 | 25 | 4 | — | — | 95 | 78 | 168 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 16 | — | I | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 115 | — | 1 | 4 | 11 | 62 | 31 | 6 | 73 | 42 | 63 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 20 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| Cerebro spinal fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Whooping Cough | 77 | 8 | 42 | 27 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 60 | 18 |
| Totals | 495 | 20 | 112 | 159 | 61 | 90 | 43 | 10 | 252 | 243 | 338 |
* Whooping Cough was made notifiable in Holborn for five years from 1st April, 1914.