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 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1925.
| 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 6 | 5 to 15 | 16 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | |||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) ... | 76 | ... | 26 | 26 | 16 | 8 | ... | ... | 21 | 55 | 74 |
| Erysipelas . | 13 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 86 | ... | 22 | 41 | 18 | 5 | ... | ... | 16 | 70 | 86 |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Pneumonia—Primary | 45 | ... | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 26 |
| do. Influenzal | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 63 | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 31 | 38 |
| do. Non-Pulmonary | 11 | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| \\ hooping Cough | 113 | 16 | 70 | 27 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37 | 76 | 40 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| 438 | 25 | 123 | 107 | 67 | 66 | 33 | 17 | 168 | 280 | 297 | |