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The following are the principal variations: —
Scarlet Fever
59 in comparison with 38 in 1937.
Tuberculosis
79 „ ,, 76 ,,
Whooping Cough
53 „ „ 60 „
Diphtheria
49 ,, „ 76 ,,
A spscial reference card with complete list of notifiable diseases is supplied
to all doctors practising in the Borough.
In addition to the above we received 185 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 diseaseB notified were :—
Chicken-pox 3
Diphtheria 36
Erysipelas 2
Measles 8
Scarlet Fever 19
Tuberculosis71
Whooping Cough 4
Pneumonia 2
Acute Poliomyelitis 5
Encephalitis Lethargica —
Dysentery 26
Mumps 1
Para-typhoid —
Ophthalmic Neonatorum 2
Rheumatic Fever —
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 6
185
Smallpox.
No case of smallpox occurred in a Holborn resident during the year 1938.
Vaccination.
The following table gives information respecting the vaccination of Holborn
children during the year ended 30th .Tune, 1938: —
Total
Number
of Births
Vaccinated
Died before
Vaccination
Cons.
Objections
Insusceptible
Postponed
by Medical
Certificate
Removed
from
Borough
Incorrect
AddressNot
traced.
Temporarily
unaccounted
for
239
131
(54%)
11
12
33
1
13
31
7
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.