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Holborn 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The relative importance of the commoner infectious diseases as regards number!
of deaths caused is shown by the following table :—

ENGLAND AND WALES. Common Infectious Diseases. Deaths at all Ages.

1917.1918.1919.1820.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.1926.Yearly average 1917-1926.
Pneumonia (all forms)39,83259,66638,94937,14934,70840,93033,41338,97036,99032,33939,294
Pulmonary Tuberculosis42,33545,33835,98432,79133,50533,91932,09732,69032,38230,10835,115
Measles10,5389,7873,5347,1902,2415,6945,3164,8345,3373,4835,795
Whooping Cough4,5099,8982,6054,4014,5766,3704,1623,9836,0584,1185,068
Diphtheria4,4774,8034,8885,6484,7724,0752 7222,5012,7742,9943,965
Scarlet Fever7681,0201,2211,4301,3051,3829938889886771,067
Enteric Fever977950577537613465450496388367582