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Holborn 1949

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

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TABLE No.7. Comparative Figures of Infectious Disease for the ears 1920-1949. *Ceased to be notifiable as from 30th July, 1948.

Disease.192019211922192319241925192619271928192919301931193219331934193519361937193819391940191119421943194419451946194719481949
(Population)39,67643,52042,85043,37643,25043,31543,20042,20939,28038,38038,38034,47036,44036,05036,00035,40034,85034,60034,35030,66023,47017,16016,58017,240J18,02018,68021,19023,46024,96025,490
Cerebro- Spinal Fever21112-1--4131121137711122-_
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)1461671089868767354577280697675749360764919714171751112321
Dysentery11-22212661010213264
Encephalitis Lethargica3161111-1111-21
Enteric Fever664226541054441322113161111
Erysipelas221814142213142123222917171912181910151312373834865
Food PoisoningNotifiable as from 12th July, 1932.115-352------1-123
Malaria3111111--111323-1--1--
MeaslesNotifiable as from 9th September, 1938.83934582193310310715787170
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1681061096910657466433544154414333
Pneumonia (Acute primary & Acute-influenzal)264464486355394859894940283738213034212814182022146171599
Polio-encephalitis Acute--------------------------11
Poliomyelitis Acute3122-112------------1512
*Puerperal Fever11322334132133424--12222-11*
Puerperal PyrexiaNotifiable as from 1st October, 1926.187564652432233273145524
ScabiesNotifiable as from 1st August, 1943.549912510643164
Scarlet Fever1251901471028886845911113090575796115506738595620162330201424291315
Smallpox11-----14314311-----
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary1ll9668507563669191767680735083687766716444474551415955473942
Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary12211410121126201412108169651310853683995486
Whooping Cough1512911093951139682104153334410823659976605371742483830114323745
4896855434304454384164004956184014408335412379365322296278161194242456280364392348268269