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Holborn 1926

Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Schick Test and Immunisation against Diphtheria 55
scarlet Fever 63
Enteric Fever 64
Typhus Fever 64
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 64
Dysentery 64
Malaria 65
Encephalitis Lethargies 65
Acute Poliomyelitis 65
Pneumonia 66
Influenza 67
Anthrax 67
Chickenpox 67
Mumps 67
Bacteriological Work 67
Disinfections 68
Cleansing of Persons Act 68
Verminous Condition and Scabies 68
Shelter during Disinfection 68
Tuberculosis 69
Notifications 69
Correction of Register 71
Sleeping Conditions 71
Classification of Homes 72
Delay in Notification 73
Institutional Treatment 73
Visitation of Home 73
Contacts 74
Prevention of Spitting 74
Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 74
Tuberculosis Dispensary 75
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925 77
Tuberculosis Care Committee 78
Home Nursing 80
Dental Clinic 80
Cancer 81
Maternity and Child Welfare 81
Notification of Births 81
Number of Births 82
Births in Crowded Homes 82
Home Visiting 83
Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres 83
Work at Centres 84
10, John Street 84
Short's Gardens 84
Ante-natal Hygiene 86
Maternal and Infant Consultations 87
Artificial Sunlight 88
Breast Massage 89
Diarrhoea 89Still-Births
Illegitimate Births 89
Dental Treatment 89
Assistance with Denture 90
Supply of Milk and Food for Mothers and Infants 90
Home Help 91
Convalescent Home Treatment 91
Visitors to Centre 91
Saffron Hill Maternity and Child Welfare Centre 91
Deaths of Infants under One Tear 92
Deaths of Children, One to Five Tears 93
Infectious Diseases among Mothers and Children 93
Puerperal Fever 94
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 94
Whooping Cough 97
Measles 98
German Measles 99
Epidemic Diarrhoea 99