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Holborn 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Typhus Fever.
No case of typhus fever was notified during the year, either in the Borough
or in London.
Cerebrospinal Fever.
No.case of cerebro-spinal fever was notified.
93 cases were notified in London.
Dysentery.
No case of dysentery was notified.
Reference to the Infectious Diseases (London) Regulations, 1927, dealing with
dysentery will be found on page 76.
24 cases were notified in London.
Malaria.
No case of malaria was notified (see also page 76).
65 cases were notified in London.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
No case of encephalitis lethargica was notified in the Borough during the year.
142 cases were notified in London.
The following table gives information up to the end of 1927 respecting the 11 real cases of encephalitis lethargica notified in the Borough since the Public Health (Encephalitis Lethargica) Regulations came into force on the 1st January, 1919: —
| Date of Notification. | Patient. | Age when notified. | Subsequent History. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/2/20 | P.P. | 8 years | Died 28/2/20 |
| 7/2/20 | w.w. | 47 yeais | Died 7/2/20 |
| 13/1/20 | B.R. | 32 years | Died 13/1/20 |
| 26/4/22 | W.H. | 14 years | Died 19/4/22 |
| 4/4/24 | A.K. | 28 years | Died 28/3/24 |
| 16/5/24 | G.C. | 36 years | Returned to Italy |
| 20/6/24 | R.V.M. | 40 years | Gone to Australia. Complete recovery reported |
| 9/7/24 | F.H. | 7 years | Complete recovery |
| 26/9/24 | B.V. | 53 years | Died 21/9/24 |
| 4/5/25 | C.S. | 28 years | Right leg partially paralysed, but walking improving; right arm tremulous; now quite cheerful |
| 29/5/26 | H.P. | 33 years | Died 30/5/26 |
The table excludes one case notified 15/11/24 who was subsequently found
not to be suffering from this disease.
In the early part of the present year, February, 1928, a communication was
received from the Medical Officer of Health of the London County Council respecting
non-notified cases of encephalitis lethargica. Information of such cases in the
Borough was forwarded in order that where the patients were not of school nge