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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 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: PREVALENCE OP AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.The relative importance of the commoner infectious diseases as regards number) of deaths caused is shown by the following table :—ENGLAND AND WALES.Common Infectious Diseases.Deaths at all Ages.

PREVALENCE OP AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.The relative importance of the commoner infectious diseases as regards number) of deaths caused is shown by the following table :—ENGLAND AND WALES.Common Infectious Diseases.Deaths at all Ages.

1020.1921.1922.1923.1924.192o.1926.1927.1928.1929.Yearly average 1920-1999
Pneumonia (all forms) ...37,14934,70840,93033,41338,97036,99032,33937,24231,01443,84636,660
Pulmonary Tuberculosis32,79133,50533,91932,09732,69032,38230,10831,06ti29,79931,42531,978
Measles ......7,1902,2415,6945,3164,8345,3373,4833,6224,3023,3884,540
Whooping Cough4,4014,5766,3704,1623.9836,0584,1183,6812,9766,3324,665
Diphtheria5,6484,7724,0752,7222,5012,7742,9942,7323,1913,4463,485
Scarlet Fever1,4301,3051,382993888988677579580717953
Enteric Fever .537613465450496388367367438382450