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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 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE IV. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1920. 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 to25 | 25 to 45 | 45to065 | 65 and upwards | |||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 146 | 1 | 28 | 59 | 35 | 21 | 2 | _ | 52 | 94 | 137 |
| Erysipelas | 22 | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 125 | 2 | 22 | 82 | 15 | 4 | — | — | 59 | 66 | 122 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Polio-myelitis | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 12 | 8 |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Pneumonia—Primary | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| do. Influenzal | 13 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 111 | — | 1 | 3 | 21 | 50 | 34 | 2 | 63 | 48 | 47 |
| do. Non-Pulmonary | 12 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 10 | — |
| 489 | 22 | 67 | 153 | 82 | 104 | 55 | 6 | 225 | 264 | 346 | |