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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 1957
[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. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Dysentery | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Measles | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 15 | 2 | -- | 2 | — | 1 | — | - | — | — | — | 59 | 40 | 99 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Pneumonia. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | — | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scabies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 32 | |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Totals | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 108 | 76 | 184 |