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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 1937

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

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Table: The following are the principal variations: —

The following are the principal variations: —

Scarlet Fever38 in comparisonwith 67 in 1936.
Tuberculosis76 ,, ,,90 „
Whooping Cough60 „ ,,76 „
Diphtheria76 „ ,,60 ,,

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A special reference card with complete list of notifiable diseases is supplied
to all doctors practising in the Borough.

Table: In addition to the above we received 245 notifications respecting patient not residing in Holborn, many being in-patients of hospitals in the Borough. All these were to the Medical Officers of Health of the districts concerned. The diseases notified were :—

In addition to the above we received 245 notifications respecting patient not residing in Holborn, many being in-patients of hospitals in the Borough. All these were to the Medical Officers of Health of the districts concerned. The diseases notified were :—

Chicken-pox—
Diphtheria70
Erysipelas2
Measles7
Scarlet Fever29
Tuberculosis52
Whooping Cough10
Pneumonia4
icute Poliomyelitis24
Encephalitis Lethargica2
Dysentery28
Mumps11
Para-typhoid1
Undulant Fever2
Rheumatic Fever1
Cerebro-Spinal Fever2
245

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Smallpox.
No case of smallpox occurred in a Holborn resident during the year 1937.

Table: Vaccination. The following table gives information respecting the vaccination of Holborn children during the year ended 30th June, 1937: —

Vaccination. The following table gives information respecting the vaccination of Holborn children during the year ended 30th June, 1937: —

Total Number of BirthsVaccinatedDied before VaccinationCons. ObjectionsInsusceptiblePostponed by Medical CertificateRemovedfrom BoroughIncorrect Address-Not traced.Temporarily unaccounted for
330165(50%)144111911709

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As in previous years a leaflet respecting the advantages of vaccination was
sent to the parents of all infants born in, or belonging to, the Borough. No
opportunity is lost of speaking about the vital importance of vaccination whether
for the baby or for the older person.