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, Metropolitan Borough]
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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. | |||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | |||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 26 to 45. | i5 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 88 | 1 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 9 | – | – | 39 | 49 | 84 | |
Erysipelas | 48 | – | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 15 | |
Scarlet Fever | 113 | 1 | 35 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 1 | – | 55 | 58 | 113 | |
Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Enteric Fever | 12 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | – | 3 | 9 | 11 | |
Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Phthisis | P.H (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908 | 96 | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 30 | 9 | 23 | 73 | 95 |
P. H. (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911 | 79 | – | 2 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 13 | – | 36 | 43 | 24 | |
P. H. (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1911 | 35 | – | – | 2 | 7 | 17 | 9 | – | 16 | 19 | 3 | |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
Cerebro spinal fever | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
Polio-myelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Hydrophobia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Totals | 477 | 7 | 69 | 108 | 65 | 142 | 76 | 10 | 198 | 279 | 347 |