Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following are the numbers of deaths from the separate diseases :—
Bloomsbury anil St. Giles. | Holborn Sub-District. | Holborn Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | - | - | - |
Measles | 3 | 8 | 11 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | - | 4 | 4 |
Whooping Cough | 6 | 9 | 15 |
Typhoid Fever | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Typhus | - | - | - |
Diarrhœa | 10 | 12 | 22 |
Total | 23 | 36 | 59 |
Year. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1895 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 77 | |
1896 | — | 41 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 87 | |
1897 | — | 9 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 63 | |
1898 | — | 26 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 70 | |
1899 | — | 16 | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 55 | |
1900 | — | 11 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 63 | |
1901 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 64 | |
1902 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 80 | |
1903 | — | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | |
1904 | 2 | 12 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 32 | |
Average for 10 years 1895-1904. | 5.9 | 15.1 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 9.3 | 4.5 | 17.7 | 62.3 | |
1905 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | |
Holborn Division. | |||||||||
Year. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. | |
1895 | - | 45 | 6 | 7 | 8 | - | 24 | 90 | |
1896 | 1 | 32 | - | 9 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 92 | |
1897 | — | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 35 | 88 | |
1898 | — | 36 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 29 | 102 | |
1899 | — | 11 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 64 | |
1900 | — | 20 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 65 | |
1901 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 69 | |
1902 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 62 | |
1903 | — | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 38 | |
1904 | — | 31 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 67 | |
Average for 10 years 1895-1904. | 2.1 | 22.9 | 2.3 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 3.1 | 23.0 | 73.7 | |
1905 | — | 8 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 36 |
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