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Holborn 1907
Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Whole Borough.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 4 | 214 | 321 | 56 | - | 136 | 2 | - | 733 |
| 1898 | - | 177 | 161 | 32 | - | 110 | 3 | - | 483 |
| 1899 | - | 91 | 193 | 55 | 2 | 99 | 2 | - | 442 |
| 1900 | - | 123 | 194 | 55 | - | 89 | 1 | - | 462 |
| 1901 | 211 | 161 | 254 | 39 | - | 89 | 2 | 1 | 757 |
| 1902 | 217 | 113 | 202 | 39 | - | 85 | 6 | - | 662 |
| 1903 | 2 | 53 | 144 | 53 | 2 | 90 | 4 | - | 348 |
| 1904 | 6 | 46 | 99 | 41 | - | 77 | 7 | - | 276 |
| 1905 | 1 | 47 | 156 | 21 | 1 | 35 | 2 | - | 263 |
| 1906 | — | 66 | 137 | 15 | - | 56 | 2 | — | 276 |
| Average for 10 years 1897-1906. | 44.1 | 109.1 | 186.1 | 40.6 | .5 | 86.6 | 3.1 | .1 | 470.2 |
| 1907 | — | 64 | 156 | 14 | — | 40 | 1 | 1 | 276 |
Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 282
notifications were received, and from April 8th to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time 61
notifications were received.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis was notifiable from March 12th. 2 notifications were received.
There were also the following voluntary notifications of Phthisis 1904 344.
1905 208.
1906 191.
1907 171.
SMALL POX.
There was no notification of small-pox in the Borough during the year.
SCARLET FEVER.
During the 52 weeks ended Saturday, December 28th, 1907, the number
of scarlet fever notifications, excluding duplicates, was 156, 58 belonging to
St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 98 to the Holborn District. In the St. Giles
District 52 cases were removed to Hospital, and in the Holborn District 94.
Three of the cases were nurses at one of the hospitals in the Borough.
The number of notifications was only 2.8 per 1,000 in comparison with
5.4 for London.
Secondary Cases of Scarlet Fever.
Of the 156 notifications, 130 occurred at houses in which there was no
secondary case. In six houses there were two cases, in one of which, the
primary case occurred the preceding year. In five houses, including one
Institution, there were three cases notified.