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Diphtheria.
We received notifications relating to 76 cases of diphtheria occurring in
residents in the Borough.
All were removed to hospital.

Three deaths occurred. Fourteen of the notified cases were returned from
hospital certified as not suffering from diphtheria.

There was no " return " case, i.e., no secondary case was notified from any
family within four weeks after the return home of a primary case.
In London, 7,903 cases were notified, giving rise to 210 deaths.
There is co-operation with the Medical Superintendents of the Fever Hospitals
serving the County of London; and information is exchanged as to bacteriological
and other details; and also with regard to return cases of diphtheria or scarlet
fever.
Diphtheria in Hospitals.
Information was received of 55 cases of diphtheria occurring among inpatients
and staff at two hospitals in the Borough.
The information was obtained from the notifications of removal received from
the London County Council, or from the ordinary notification certificates furnished
by the doctors diagnosing the disease.
Of the 55 cases, 50 were clinical cases (25 were notified as " nasal "). Of the
total number, seven notifications related to Holborn residents, six being members
of the resident medical or nursing staff. Forty-eight were in-patients admitted
from areas outside the Halborn Borough. Copies of the notifications of these cases
if sent to the Holborn Public Health Department are forwarded to the Medical
Officers of Health of the districts from which the patients are admitted,