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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 1956

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

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Table: TABLE No. 6Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1956. (Corrected)Age Groups

TABLE No. 6

Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1956. (Corrected)

Age Groups

DiseaseUnder 11—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2525—4545—6565& overTotalsTotal
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Diphtheria-------------------------
Dysentery—1-1-12—--1——1—-———-——347
Encephalitis-------------------------
Enteric Fever-------------------------
Erysipelas-------------------------
Food Poisoning----------------1-----1—1
Malaria-------------------------
Measles22731106679108----------333871
Meningococcal Infection1--------------1------112
Ophthalmia Neonatorum-------------------------
Pneumonia--1---------------11--213
Poliomyelitis--------1——--—1-31———-516
Puerperal Pyrexia-------------------------
Scabies-----------1----111—1—325
Scarlet Fever----1----111----------224
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)-----------1--4256933—211233
Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)--_--------_---11-1_--213
Whooping Cough2—1—112—3237---------121022
Totals539431210611121518-1541181244-8572157