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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1913.
Name of District—Holborn.
| 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. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 6 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 59 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 2 | — | 28 | 31 | 57 |
| Erysipelas | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | 131 | 2 | 27 | 71 | 22 | 8 | 1 | — | 58 | 73 | 129 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Continued Fever | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 169 | — | 1 | 9 | 20 | 82 | 53 | 4 | 76 | 93 | 84 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 35 | — | 9 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 13 | 22 | 24 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | 3 | - | - | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro spinal fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-myelitis | 2 | - | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 436 | 9 | 57 | 125 | 62 | 109 | 67 | 7 | 193 | 243 | 317 |