Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1926.
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, | ||||||||
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At Agea—Tears, | |||||||||||
St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | ||||||||||
At till Ages. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and wards. | ||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 73 | 2 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 1 | ... | 22 | 51 | 72 |
Erysipelas | 14 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Scarlet Fever | 84 | ... | 18 | 40 | 19 | ... | ... | 34 | 50 | 84 | |
Enteric Fever | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 5 |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 |
do. Pyrexia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pneumonia—Primary | 29 | ... | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
do. Influenzal | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 66 | ... | ... | 3 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 36 | 34 |
do. Non-Pulmonary | 26 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 13 | |
Whooping Cough | 96 | 9 | 49 | 38 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 79 | 25 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
416 | 19 | 104 | 126 | 60 | 64 | 33 | 10 | 151 | 265 | 271 |