Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health page 102

Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Contacts. (152 enquiries.) Fifty-nine had no contacts; 93 had contacts. The number of contacts was 280, of whom 134 were susceptible, 146 already having suffered from an attack.

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Contacts. (152 enquiries.) Fifty-nine had no contacts; 93 had contacts. The number of contacts was 280, of whom 134 were susceptible, 146 already having suffered from an attack.

No. of cases and	31	23	11	7	8	3	5	2	3
No. of contacts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10
No. of cases and	32	13	12	3	2	3
No. of susceptible contacts	1	2	3	4	5	6

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Spread of Infection in Family.
The 152 cases occurred in 117 families. In 88 families 1 ease occurred; in
23 families 2 cases occurred, and in 6 families 3 cases occurred.
Removal.
Fifty.one children were removed to hospital, approximately 33'0 per cent. as
opposed to 46 per cent. last year. These were all admitted to hospitals of the
M.A.B.
Spread of Infection.
There is much difficulty in getting parents to realise that the child of preschool
age must be sheltered from the risk of infection as much as the child
attending school. Parents realise that the school child is a potential focus of
infection for many other children, and should be guarded from infection; they fail
to realise that the pre.school child, although less likely to spread the disease, is
less able to resist the dangers of an attack; many parents state candidly that they
send children with whooping cough into the squares and streets during school
hours, when " there are no other children about."

Table: Disinfection of premises is carried out in connection with whooping cough. The following table relates to whooping cough in the Borough in the five years 1921.25.

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Disinfection of premises is carried out in connection with whooping cough. The following table relates to whooping cough in the Borough in the five years 1921.25.

Year	Number of persons known to be suffering	Number of families affectcd	Number cf patients under 5 years of age	Number removed to hospital
1921	173	123	107	24
1922	132	90	96	25
1923	138	95	106	42
1924	136	109	111	63
1925	152	117	107	51
Five years	731	534	527	205

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Holborn 1925

Table: Contacts. (152 enquiries.) Fifty-nine had no contacts; 93 had contacts. The number of contacts was 280, of whom 134 were susceptible, 146 already having suffered from an attack.

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Table: Disinfection of premises is carried out in connection with whooping cough. The following table relates to whooping cough in the Borough in the five years 1921.25.