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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 1953

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

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Table: TABLE No. 6. Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1953. (Corrected). Age Groups.

TABLE No. 6. Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1953. (Corrected). Age Groups.

Diseases.Under 11—22-311—55—1010 1516—2525—1545—6565& overTotal*Total
mfMfMfMfMfMFMfMfMfMfMfMf
Diphtheria------------------------—
Dysentery----------21---112--1-448
Encephalitis1---------------------1-—1
Enteric Fever-----------------1-----11
Erysipelas--------------------1-1-1
Food Poisoning1----———————1—11——————314
Malaria-------------------1---11
Measles739151581713121734264136221——_10491195
Meningococcal Infection—--------------1-------22
Ophthalmia Neonatorum21--------------------213
Pneumonia——-------1-----1--1—1134
Poliomyelitis11-—2-11——42———113——--9817
Puerperal Pyrexia-------------------------
Scabies—--———_———1———1-21—1——426
Scarlet Fever---------1161—1—-—————3710
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)----------11—13314117151301848
Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)-----------------11--1123
Whooping Cough24331081336811———--—————273562
Totals149121827161918152551476291421209473190176366