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Holborn 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The total number of notifications relating to Holborn residents received during
the year was 383 in comparison with 411 in the year 1934.
The following are the principal variations: —
Scarlet Fever 50 in comparison with 115 in 1934.
Tuberculosis 73 ,, ,, 89 ,,
Whooping Cough 99 ,, ,, 65 „
Diphtheria 93 ,, ,, 74 ,,
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 250 notifications respecting patients not residing
in Holborn, many being in-patients of hospitals in the Borough. All these were forwarded
to the Medical Officers of Health of the districts concerned. The diseases notified were :—
Chicken-pox 3
Diphtheria 72
Erysipelas 1
Measles 10
Scarlet Fever 41
Tuberculosis 62
Whooping Cough 41
Pneumonia 7
Acute Poliomyelitis 1
Encephalitis Lethargica 1
Dysentery 10
Mumps 1
250
Smallpox.
No case of smallpox occurred in a Holborn resident during the year 1935.
| Total Number of Births | Vaccinated | Died before Vaccination | Cons. Objections | Insusceptible | Postponed by Medical Certificate | Removed. No information as to Vaccination | Temporarily unaccounted for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holborn Sub-District: | ||||||||
| 12 months ended 30th June, 1935 | 81 | 50 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| St. Giles and Bloomsbury Sub-District : | ||||||||
| 12 months ended 30th June, 1935 | 51 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 132 | 75 (57%) | 6 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 |