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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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| Age periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary, | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | V | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 10 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 35 | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | ||
| 45 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | |
| 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 39 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 1 | |
Total number of cases on the Register of Tuberculosis in the
Borough on the 31st December, 1931 336
Number of these patients residing in common lodging houses 48
The average number of cases notified annually during the
past ten years 88
The number notified in the year 1932 89
Of the 89 cases notified in 1932, the number who attended
the Dispensary 40
Total number of new cases examined at the Dispensary for
the first time in 1932, including the above 40, and all
contacts 110
Total attendances at the Dispensary in 1932 1,172
Supervision of home conditions; visits paid by—
Tuberculosis Officer 43
Dispensary Nurse 1,180