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Holborn 1904

Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Holborn District.

Holborn District.

Year.Small-pox.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Typhus Fever.Total.
189416596524—74——238
1895316016020_611—338
18961671142916521280
1897—15811425—42——339
1898_138969—382—283
1899_63117322431—258
1900—659624—40——225
19015310110422—311—312
1902586911215—404—298
19031318917—253—166
Average for 10 years, 1894-1903.16.081.1106.721.7.345.91.4.1273.2
19041276219—393—151

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Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 168 notifications
were received, and from 8th April to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time 34 notifications were
received.
There were also 187 voluntary notifications of Phthisis.

Table: Whole Borough.

Whole Borough.

Year.Small-pox.Diphtheriaand Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Typhus Fever.Total.
1894239914957—137——465
18954412330744—1242—644
1896112729450114831625
1897421432156_1362_733
1898—17716132—1103—483
1899—91193552992—442
1900—12319455—891—462
190121116125439—8921757
190221711320239_856—662
1903253144532904—348
Average for 10 years 1894-1903.50.2128.1221.948.0.5110.72.5.2562.1
19046469941—777—276

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Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 282 notifications
were received, and from 8th April to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time 61 notifications were
received.
There were also 344 voluntary notifications of Phthisis.
SMALL-POX.
During the year I received only six notifications of small-pox, five of which were genuine
cases. The remaining case was removed to the South Wharf by the doctor in attendance before the
notification was received by us, and on the patient's return home I found that she was suffering from
chicken-pox, which had been contracted on a visit to some friends in the country.
One patient had tramped from the north of England, and had slept for only one night in a
common lodging-house in this Borough.
There were two deaths, one a woman, age 26, who was stated to have been vaccinated (slightly
successfully) in infancy, hut there were no scars and refused to be vaccinated when a case in the same
house was notified. The other, a woman age 22, had not been vaccinated at all.