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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 1915
Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1915. (Excluding Naval and Military Cases.) Name of District—Holborn.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Locality (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed To Hospitals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||
| Small-pox | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 67 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 3 | — | — | 31 | 36 | 65 |
| Erysipelas | 28 | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 154 | 1 | 38 | 86 | 21 | 8 | — | — | 106 | 48 | 152 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro spinal fever | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 162 | — | 2 | 9 | 26 | 60 | 56 | 9 | 82 | 80 | 77 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 36 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | — | 24 | 12 | 11 |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Chicken-pox | 27 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 19 | 8 | — |
| †Whooping Cough | 92 | 18 | 51 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 60 | 9 |
| Totals | 590 | 35 | 130 | 182 | 76 | 85 | 64 | 18 | 323 | 267 | 339 |
†Whooping Cough was made notifiable in Holborn for five years from 1st April, 1914.
*Chicken-pox was made notifiable in London from the 17th March to 30th June 1915 inclusive.