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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 1906

Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: The following are the number of deaths from the separate diseases:—

The following are the number of deaths from the separate diseases:—

Bloomsbury and St. Giles.Holborn Sub-District.Holborn Borough.
Small-pox———
Measles81725
Scarlet Fever2—2
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup167
Whooping Cough4610
Typhoid Fever1—1
Typhug———
Diarrhœa102939
Total265884

Table: DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1906 AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS.St. Giles and Bloomsbury.

DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1906 AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS.

St. Giles and Bloomsbury.

Year.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
1896—41751341787
1897—9761861763
1898—2626952270
1899—16—4143055
1900—11491362063
190119916471861
1902371165115580
1903—33594882
1904212—4221032
1905—31—631023
Average for 10 years 1896-1905.5.814.13.15.08.64.615.756 9
1906—821411026

Table: Holborn District.

Holborn District.

Year.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
1896132—92651992
1897—84171953588
1898—3622112229102
1899—11351272664
1900—20341032565
1901111328652469
190291926161962
1903—1412611438
1904—313622567
1905—824911236
Average for 10 years 1896-1905.2.119.21.97.912.23.221.868.3
1906—17—66—2958