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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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| Disease. | Under 1 | 1—2 | 2-3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10-15 | 15—25 | 25— 45 | 45—65 | 65 & over | Totals | Total | ||||||||||||
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| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Enteric | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | I |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 5 | — | 10 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | - | — | 72 | 65 | 137 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Scabies | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 22 | 39 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 17 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 36 | 90 | |