London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Disease. | 1948 | 1947 | 1946 | 1945 | 1944 | 1943 | 1942 | 1941 | 1940 | 1939 | 1938 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-spinal fever | _ | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 49 |
| Dysentery | 4 | — | 6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Measles | 87 | 157 | 107 | 103 | 33 | 219 | 58 | 34 | 39 | 8 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Pneumonia (acute influenzal and primary) | 9 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 28 | 21 |
| Polioencephalitis | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 56 | 59 |
| Scabies | 16 | 43 | 106 | 125 | 99 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 39 | 47 | 55 | 59 | 41 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 44 | 64 | 71 |
| do Non-Pulmonary | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Whooping Cough | 74 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 48 | 42 | 7 | 71 | 53 |
| *Ceased to be notifiable as from 30th July, 1948. | |||||||||||