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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 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1903.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | At all Ages. | Bloomsbury and St. Giles. | Holborn. | Bloomsbury and St. Giles. | Holborn. | ||||||
| 25 to 65. | 15 to 25. | 5 to 15. | 1 to 5 | Under 1. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
| Small-pox | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 53 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 31 | 18 | 26 |
| Erysipelas | 90 | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 66 | 14 | 65 | 25 | 38 | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 144 | 2 | 47 | 72 | 13 | 10 | – | 55 | 89 | 48 | 86 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 54 | – | 2 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 32 | 13 |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ | – | _ | _ |
| Continued Fever | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chickenpox | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Totals | 352 | 3 | 63 | 106 | 45 | 116 | 19 | 183 | 169 | 137 | 135 |
Note.—The Isolation Hospitals are those of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
TABLE IV. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year, 1903.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities at all Ages. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in The District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Bloomsbury and St. Giles. | Holborn. | |||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 14 | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | 24 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 7 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Fever | Typhus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric | 5 | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Other Continued | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diarrhæa | 22 | 18 | 4 | – | – | _ | _ | 8 | 14 | 14 | |
| Enteritis | 9 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | 10 | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Phthisis | 170 | – | 1 | 2 | 8 | 151 | 8 | 96 | 74 | 39 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 40 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 84 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 49 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 17 | |
| Bronchitis | 116 | 11 | 7 | – | – | 46 | 52 | 40 | 76 | 22 | |
| Pneumonia | 93 | 17 | 17 | – | 2 | 39 | 18 | 50 | 43 | 75 | |
| Pleurisy | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 8 | – | 1 | – | – | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver} | 32 | – | – | – | 29 | 3 | 15 | 17 | – | ||
| Venereal Diseases | 5 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Premature Birth | 25 | 25 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 14 | 11 | 15 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Heart Diseases | 71 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 33 | |
| Accidents | 42 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 5 | |
| Suicides | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | – | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| All other causes | 264 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 96 | 106 | 121 | 143 | 192 | |
| All causes | 1054 | 154 | 88 | 26 | 34 | 499 | 253 | 490 | 564 | 587 | |