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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the yeah 1928.
| 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 Blooimbury. | Holborn. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up-wards. | |||||
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 57 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 1 | ... | 11 | 46 | 57 |
| Erysipelas. | 23 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 111 | 1 | 30 | 54 | 12 | 13 | 1 | ... | 47 | 64 | 108 |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| do. Pyrexia | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia—Primary | 49 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 30 |
| do. Influenzal | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| * Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 91 | ... | 1 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 26 | 2 | 41 | 50 | 61 |
| do. Non-Pulmonary | 14 | ... | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 104 | 15 | 57 | 32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 87 | 52 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 495 | 31 | 112 | 119 | 61 | 104 | 56 | 12 | 172 | 323 | 357 | |
* Less 1 withdrawn.