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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notifiedin each Locality (e.g Parish or Wa rd)of the District. | Total CasesRemoved to Hospitals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages-Years. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | ||||||||
| Under1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 andupward | |||||
| Small-pox | 14 | •• | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 80 | 2 | 32 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 1 | ... | 24 | 56 | 80 |
| Erysipelas | 29 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 90 | ... | 26 | 44 | 13 | 7 | ... | ... | 18 | 72 | 86 |
| Enteric Fever 0 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 |
| do. Pyrexia | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Corebro-spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia—Primary | 41 | ... | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 24 |
| do. Influenzal | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis —Pulmonary | 76 | ... | ... | 1 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 36 | 38 | 52 |
| do. Non-Pulmonary | 10 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 33 | ... | 21 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 32 | 10 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Encephalitis Lcthargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Rheumatism | 13 | ... | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 8 | ... |
| Chicken Pox | 60 | 1 | 25 | 33 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 45 | 1 |
| 474 | 13 | 117 | 129 | 74 | 65 | 47 | 29 | 153 | 321 | 308 | |