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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 1932

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

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Table: PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.The relative importance of the commoner infectious diseases as regards numbers of deaths caused is shown by the following table :—ENGLAND AND WALES.Common Infectious Diseases.Deaths at all Ages.

PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.The relative importance of the commoner infectious diseases as regards numbers of deaths caused is shown by the following table :—ENGLAND AND WALES.Common Infectious Diseases.Deaths at all Ages.

1922.1923.1924.1925.1928.1927.1928.1929.19301931._Yearly average 1922-1931
Pneumonia (all forms)40,93033,41338,97036,99032,33937,24231,01443,84627,72433,57335,604
Pulmonary Tuberculosis33,91932,09732,69032,38230,10831,06629,79931,42529,41429,65834,416
Measles5,6945,3164,8345,3373,4833,6224,3023,3884,1883,2884,344
Whooping Cough6,3704,1623,9836,0584,1183,6812,9766,3322,0372,5124,223
Diphtheria4,0752,7222,5012,7742,9942,7323,1913,4463,4972,6733,060
Scarlet Fever1,382993888988677579580717740540808
Enteric Fever465450496388367367438382313251392