London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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| 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 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and wards. | |||||
| Small-pox | 43 | ... | 4 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ... | 6 | 37 | 42 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 72 | 2 | 23 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 3 | ... | 34 | 38 | 71 |
| Erysipelas | 22 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | 130 | 4 | 37 | 66 | 15 | 1 | ... | 42 | 88 | 128 | |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 20 | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| do. Pyrexia | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Pneumonia—Primary | 63 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 43 |
| do. Influenzal | 26 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 15 |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 76 | ... | 1 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 34 | 42 | 53 |
| do. Non-Pulmonary | 12 | ... | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 153 | 17 | 84 | 52 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 71 | 82 | 63 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Rheumatism | 25 | ... | 3 | 21 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| 643 | 33 | 167 | 202 | 65 | 92 | 60 | 24 | 260 | 383 | 452 | |