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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: Whole Borough.

Whole Borough.

Year.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
189617371439936179
1897—171123371152151
1898—6242721751172
1899—2739131156119
1900—3171323945128
19013022314101242133
1902403081127614142
1903—17471552270
1904243—7843599
1905—11341542259
Average for 10 years 1896-1905.7.933 35012.920.87.837.5125.2
1906—25271013984

Table: NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1906, AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS.St. Giles and Boomsbury.

NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1906, AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS.

St. Giles and Boomsbury.

Year.Small-pox.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal FeverTyphus Fever.Total.
1896-6018021-831-345
189745620731-942-394
1898-396523-721-200
1899-287623-561-184
1900-589831-491-237
19011586015017-5811445
1902159449024-452-364
190312255362651-182
19045193722-384-125
19051106814-201-114
Average for10 years 1896-1905.32.839.6102.624.2.258.01.6.1259.0
1906-14749-221-120

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Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 114
notifications were received, and from April 8th to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time
27 notifications were received.
There were also the following voluntary notifications of Phthisis :—1904 157.
1905 99.
1906 98.