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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 1947

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

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Table: TABLE No. 2.Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1947. Age Groups.

TABLE No. 2.Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1947. Age Groups.

DiseasesUnder1-22-33-44-55-1010-1615-2525-1545-6565 & overAge U.K.Total
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Cerebro-spinalFever---1----------1---------2
Diphtheria---------1-------11-----3
Erysipelas-----------------412-1--8
Measles451611831281613261823-3-9------157
OphthalmiaNeonatorum12----------------------3
Puerperal Fever-----------------1------1
Puerperal Pyrexia---------------2-3------5
Pneumonia--1--1----1---1-1154----15
Poli encephalitis------------------1-----1
Poliomyelitis----------1----3-1------5
Scarlet Fever21--12-12155133-1-.1-----29
Scabies1--121---131-1589522-1--43
Tuberculosis-
Pulmonary-------1--1--137581038---47
Non-Pulmonary----------1----1-1--1---4
Whooping Cough2124122--143-----1------23
Paratyphoid---1--------------------1
Food Poisoning---1--------------------1