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Holborn 1931

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

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TABLE IV. Infectious Diseases in Holborn for the last Eleven Years.

NOTIFICATIONSDEATHS
Decennial Average, 1921-1930Tear 1931Decennial Average, 1921-1930Year 1931
NumberRate per 1,000London KateNumberRate per 1,000London RateNumberRate per 1,000London KateNumberRate per 1,000London Rate
Small-pox60.150.1730.080.330o.oo0.0000.000.00
Diphtheria852.032.82692.001.9330.070.1300.000.06
Erysipelas190.460.45170.490.53............0.000.04
Scarlet Fever1082.603.48671.652.7610.030.0200.000.02
Enteric Fevero0.110.0840.120.04010.000.0110.030.01
Orebro-spinal Fever10.020.0240.120.04.........10.030.03
Acute PoliomyelitisI0.010.0110.030.01.........00.000.00
Whooping Cought1002.42...441.28...50.110.1340.120.07
Jleasles!..................50.130.1610.030.03
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary751.811.15802.181.61421.021.96320.930.90
Ditto Non-Pulmonary150.360.4080.440.3260.150.1660.170.13
Puerperal Fever*04.173.7525.684.4412.411.4600.00
Ditto Pyrexia * §614.55...411.3612.6400.002 .01
Ophthalmia Neonatorum*814.879.49719.889.60..................
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)*‡..................611.07109438.529.71

* Kates per 1,000 births.
† Notifiable in Holborn (not in London) since 1914.
‡ Not notifiable.
§ Average 4 years only.