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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 1900

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

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Table: The following are the numbers of deaths from the separate diseases :—

The following are the numbers of deaths from the separate diseases :—

Holborn District.Holborn Sub-District.St. Sepulchre.Glasshouse Yard.
Small-pox----
Measles21201-
Scarlet Fever431-
Diphtheria541-
Whooping Cough1010--
Typhoid43-1
Typhus----
Diarrhœa2525--
Total696531

Table: In the Holborn District the number of deaths during the past five years was:—

In the Holborn District the number of deaths during the past five years was:—

1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.
Small-pox1____
Measles328361121
Scarlet Fever_4234
Diphtheria9172155
Whooping Cough2619121210
Typhoid55274
Typhus1____
Diarrhœa1935292625
Total93881026469

Table: In London the deaths from these diseases have been for the past five years:—

In London the deaths from these diseases have been for the past five years:—

Year1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.
Small-pox916134
Measles3,6971,9293,0752,1431,936
Scarlet Fever942780583398361
Diphtheria2,6832,2611,7721,9641,558
Whooping Cough2,9371,8422,1601,7201,948
Fever609593598804765
Diarrhœa3,2234,1044,3764,1963,564
Total14,10011,52512,56511,22810,136

Table: NOTIFICATIONS. During the year there were notified in the different Districts the following numbers of Infectious Diseases:—

NOTIFICATIONS. During the year there were notified in the different Districts the following numbers of Infectious Diseases:—

Holborn District.Holborn Sub-District.St. Sepulchre.Glasshouse Yard.
Smallpox----
Scarlet Fever969051
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup655591
Puerperal Fever----
Typhus Fever----
Typhoid or Enteric242211
Continued Fever----
Erysipelas40364-
Totals225203193