Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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NOTIFICATIONS | DEATHS | |||||||||||
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Decennial Average, 1920-1929 | Year 1930 | Decennial Average, 1920-1929 | Tear 1930 | |||||||||
Number | Rate per 1,000 | London Rate | Number | Rate per 1,000 | London Rate | Number | Rate per 1,000 | London Rate | Number | Rateper 1,000 | London Rate | |
Small-pox | 0.46 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 14 | 0.36 | 1.15 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Diphtheria | 92 | 2.19 | 2.84 | 80 | 2.08 | 2.99 | 4 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
Erysipelas | 18 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 29 | 0.75 | 0.53 | ... | ... | 0.02 | ... | ... | 0.04 |
Scarlet Fever | 112 | 2.69 | 3.61 | 90 | 2.35 | 3.72 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
Enteric Fever | 5 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 4 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Cerehro-spinal Fever | 1 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.02 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.01 | ... | ... | ... | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Whooping Cought | 99 | 2.58 | ... | 33 | 0.86 | ... | 5 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
M easiest | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 12 | 0.31 | 0.23 | |
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 79 | 1.88 | ... | 76 | 1.98 | 1.54 | 43 | 1.02 | 1.97 | 40 | 1.04 | 0.83 |
Ditto Non-Pulmonary | 15 | 0.36 | ... | 10 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 7 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 3 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
Puerperal Fever* | 2 | 1.66 | 3.71 | 3 | 22.22 | 4.15 | 1 | 2.34 | 1.43 | 1 | 2.47 | 1.69 |
Ditto Pyrexia | 6 | 10.48 | ||||||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum* | 9 | 15.28 | 9.57 | 5 | 11.11 | 8.74 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)* ‡ | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 12.01 | 10.91 | 4 | 9.88 | 9.86 |