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The total number of notifications relating to Holborn residents received during
the year was 402 in comparison with 348 in the year 1931.
The increase is accounted for by the greater number of notifications received of
the following diseases: —
Diphtheria ... 76 in comparison with 69 in 1931.
Whooping Cough ... 108 ,, ,, 44 ,,
Attention has had again especially to be called to the non-notification of
whooping cough and primary pneumonia. A special reference card with complete
list of notifiable diseases is supplied to all doctors practising in the Borough.
In addition to the above we received 306 notifications respecting patients not residing
in Holborn, many being in-patients of hospitals in the Borough. All these were forwarded

Smallpox.
This disease continued to be prevalent in London throughout the year 1932.
Only one notification was received of a case occurring in a Holborn resident
during the year 1932. The patient was removed to hospital.
During the same period information was received of the occurrence of this
disease in 18 non-resident workers, and seven cases among children attending an
elementary school in Holborn, all being non-resident in the Borough.
The steps taken to prevent the spread of the disease weire similar to those set
out in the 1929 Annual Report as the routine procedure in smallpox cases.
In the County of London 1,131 cases were notified, a notification rate of 0-26
per 1,000.