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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 1948

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

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Table: TABLE No 2.Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1948.Age Groups.

TABLE No 2.Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1948.Age Groups.

Disease.Under 11—22—33—44—55—1010-1515—2525—4545—6565 & overAgeU.K.Total
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFmFMFMFMF
Diphtheria--1-1-------------------2
Dysentery--1---1---1------1------4
Enteric Fever--------------1---------1
Erysipelas----------------2—1111——6
Food Poisoning—1-------1--------------2
Measles4136810774811121-—41———————87
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3-----------------------3
*Puerperal Fever-----------------1------1
Puerperal Pyrexia---------------1-1-----—2
Pneumonia--1---2---------——3111——9
Poliomyelitis-------1---------------—1
Scarlet Fever-----211—15—1———2———————13
Scabies1———11———21—12112—111——16
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary—1---------1--11138923———39
Non-Pulmonary----------11---2-4------8
Whooping Cough8595475437116------------74
* Ceased to be notifiable as from 30th July, 1948.