Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1925.
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 6 | 5 to 15 | 16 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | |||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) ... | 76 | ... | 26 | 26 | 16 | 8 | ... | ... | 21 | 55 | 74 |
Erysipelas . | 13 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | 86 | ... | 22 | 41 | 18 | 5 | ... | ... | 16 | 70 | 86 |
Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Pneumonia—Primary | 45 | ... | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 26 |
do. Influenzal | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 63 | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 31 | 38 |
do. Non-Pulmonary | 11 | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 9 |
\\ hooping Cough | 113 | 16 | 70 | 27 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37 | 76 | 40 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
438 | 25 | 123 | 107 | 67 | 66 | 33 | 17 | 168 | 280 | 297 |