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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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TABLE No. 3. Comparative Figures of Infectious Disease for the years 1936 to 1946.
| Disease. | 1946 | 1945 | 1944 | 1943 | 1942 | 1941 | 1940 | 1939 | 1938 | 1937 | 1936 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 12 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 76 | 60 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 19 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Food Poisoning | — | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 |
| Measles | 107 | 103 | 33 | 219 | 58 | 34 | 39 | 8 | — | — | 252 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Pneumonia (acute influenzal and primary) | 17 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 28 | 21 | 34 | 30 |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | 14 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 56 | 59 | 38 | 67 |
| Scabies* | 1C6 | 125 | 99 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 55 | 59 | 41 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 44 | 64 | 71 | 66 | 77 |
| do Non-Pulmonary | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| Whooping Cough | 43 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 48 | 42 | 7 | 71 | 53 | 60 | 76 |
*Notifiable as from 1st August, 1943.