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Holborn 1935

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

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Table: PREVALENCE OP AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC., INCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS.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 OP AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC., INCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS.

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.

1925.1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.Yearly average 1925-1934
Pneumonia (all forms)36,99032,33937,24231,01443,84627,72433,57329,58830,05934,131
Pulmonary Tuberculosis32,38230,10831,06629,79931,42529,41429,65827,62727,85430,202
Measles5,3373,4833,6224,3023,3884,1883,2883,4111,9373,779
Whooping Cough6,0584,1183,6812,9766,3322,0372,5122,9562,2703,692
Diphtheria2,7742,9942,7323,1913,4463,4972,6732,3392,6462,879
Scarlet Fever988677579580717740540530729697
Enteric Fever388367367438382313251258222348