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Holborn 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following table kindly supplied by the Vaccination Officer of the Holborn Union on 2nd March, 1927, gives information respecting vaccination in the Borough of Holborn: —
| Total Number of Births | Vaccinated | Died before Vaccination | Cons. Objectors | Insusceptible | Postponed by Medical Certificate | Removed. No information as to Vaccination | Temporaril.v unaccounted for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holborn Sob-District: | ||||||||
| 41 | ||||||||
| St. Giles and Bloomsbury Sub-Distbict: | ||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||
| 375 | 40 | 41 | 34 | |||||
| 43% | ||||||||
As in previous years a leaflet respecting the advantages of vaccination was sent to
the parents of all infants born in, or belonging to, the Borough.
Diphtheria.
Notifications relating to 73 cases of diphtheria occurring in residents in the
Borough were"received. Of these, 70 were removed to hospital. Ten were found
not to be suSering from diphtheria, and three cases, notified from a hospital staff,
were notified as " carriers " only.
Of the 60 cases of diphtheria:—
| 1 was under 1 year. |
| 20 were 1 to 5 years. |
| 28 ,, 5 ,, 15 ,, |
| 8 „ 15 „ 25 „ |
| 2 ,, 25 ,, 45 ,, |
| 1 was 45 ,, 65 ,, |
One of the 60 was a patient who had previously been notified in another
Borough where the family lived before removal to Holborn.
Four deaths occurred.
Twenty-one "secondary" cases were notified. A "secondary" case is one
occurring in the same household as the primary case.
Nine of the 21 " secondary " cases were nurses or staff at a hospital in the
Borough; from the same hospital 45 in-patients were notified as suffering from
diphtheria (27 clinical and 18 carriers), none of these were resident in the Borough.