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Holborn 1909
Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1909, AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS.
S t . G iles and B loomsbury.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | – | 28 | 76 | 23 | – | 56 | 1 | – | 184 | |
| 1900 | – | 58 | 98 | 31 | – | 49 | 1 | – | 237 | |
| 1901 | 158 | 60 | 150 | 17 | – | 58 | 1 | 1 | 445 | |
| 1902 | 159 | 44 | 90 | 24 | – | 45 | 2 | – | 364 | |
| 1903 | 1 | 22 | 55 | 36 | 2 | 65 | 1 | – | 182 | |
| 1904 | 5 | 19 | 37 | 22 | – | 38 | 4 | – | 125 | |
| 1905 | 1 | 10 | 68 | 14 | – | 20 | 1 | – | 114 | |
| 1906 | – | 14 | 74 | 9 | – | 22 | 1 | – | 120 | |
| 1907 | – | 32 | 58 | 6 | – | 18 | – | 1 | 115 | |
| 1908 | – | 21 | 81 | 12 | – | 28 | 2 | 144 | ||
| Average for 10 years 1899-1908. | 32.4 | 30.8 | 78.7 | 19.4 | .2 | 39.0 | 1.4 | .2 | 203.0 | |
| 1909 | 1 | 15 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 2 | – | 90 | |
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.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis was notifiable from March 12th, 1907.
There were also the following voluntary notifications of Phthisis:—
1904 157 1908 61
1905 99 1909 9
1906 98 „ Poor Law 107
1907 74 — 116
H olborn D istrict.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | – | 63 | 117 | 32 | – | 43 | 1 | _ | 258 |
| 1900 | – | 65 | 96 | 24 | 2 | 40 | – | – | 225 |
| 1901 | 53 | 101 | 104 | 22 | – | 31 | 1 | – | 312 |
| 1902 | 58 | 69 | 112 | 15 | – | 40 | 4 | – | 298 |
| 1903 | 1 | 31 | 89 | 17 | – | 25 | 3 | – | 166 |
| 1904 | 1 | 27 | 62 | 19 | – | 39 | 3 | – | 151 |
| 1905 | – | 37 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | – | 149 |
| 1906 | – | 62 | 63 | 6 | – | 34 | 1 | – | 156 |
| 1907 | – | 32 | 98 | 8 | – | 22 | 1 | – | 161 |
| 1908 | – | 29 | 112 | 13 | – | 18 | – | – | 172 |
| Average for 10 years. 1899-1908. | 11.8 | 50.6 | 94.1 | 16.3 | .3 | 30.7 | 1.5 | .0 | 204.8 |
| 1909 | – | 32 | 54 | 10 | – | 20 | 1 | – | 117 |
Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 168
notifications were received, and from April 8th to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time 34
notifications were received.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis was notifiable from March 12th, 1907; notifications received, 1907, 2; 1908, nil.
There were also the following voluntary notifications of Phthisis:—
1904 187
1905 109
1906 93
1907 97
1908 91
1909 7
„ Poor Law ... 219
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