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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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TABLE No. 6 Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1959. (Corrected) Age Groups
| Disease | Under1 | 1—2 | 2-3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—25 | 25—45 | 45—65 | 65 & over | Totals | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 8 | 28 |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | — | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 63 | 76 | 139 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 9 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 123 | 120 | 243 |