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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases in the Borough during 1901, and during the preceding ten years.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheriaand Membranous Croup-1 | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Chickenpox. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 | 26 | 103 | 27 | 1 | 61 | 1 | - | - | 220 |
| 1892 | 8 | 64 | 172 | 24 | - | 105 | 1 | - | — | 374 |
| 1893 | 72 | 81 | 235 | 34 | - | 91 | 2 | - | — | 515 |
| 1894 | 7 | 40 | 84 | 33 | - | 63 | - | - | — | 227 |
| 1895 | 13 | 63 | 147 | 24 | — | 63 | 1 | — | — | 311 |
| 1896 | — | 60 | 180 | 21 | — | 83 | 1 | — | — | 345 |
| 1897 | 4 | 56 | 207 | 31 | — | 94 | 2 | — | — | 394 |
| 1898 | — | 39 | 65 | 23 | — | 72 | 1 | — | — | 200 |
| 1899 | — | 28 | 76 | 23 | — | 56 | 1 | — | — | 184 |
| 1900 | - | 58 | 98 | 31 | - | 49 | 1 | - | - | 237 |
| Average for 10 years 1891-1900. | 10.5 | 51.5 | 136.7 | 27.1 | .1 | 73.7 | 1.1 | — | — | 300.7 |
| 1901 | 158 | 61 | 150 | 17 | — | 58 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 466 |
Diarrhoea in persons over 1 year of age was notifiable in St. Giles and Bloomsbury from August 11th to September 29th,
1894, inclusive, during which time 98 notifications were received.
Holborn Sub-District.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheriaand Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Chicken-pox. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 | 37 | 55 | 38 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 12 | - | 189 |
| 1892 | 3 | 71 | 321 | 25 | - | 94 | 1 | - | - | 515 |
| 1893 | 26 | 135 | 327 | 46 | 2 | 115 | 2 | 2 | — | 655 |
| 1894 | 16 | 59 | 65 | 24 | - | 74 | — | — | — | 238 |
| 1895 | 31 | 60 | 160 | 20 | - | 61 | 1 | — | - | 333 |
| 1896 | 1 | 67 | 114 | 29 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 1 | — | 280 |
| 1897 | — | 158 | 114 | 25 | - | 42 | - | - | — | 339 |
| 1898 | - | 138 | 96 | 9 | - | 38 | 2 | - | - | 283 |
| 1899 | — | 63 | 117 | 82 | 2 | 43 | 1 | - | - | 258 |
| 1900 | — | 65 | 96 | 24 | — | 40 | — | — | — | 225 |
| Average for 10 years, 1891-1900. | 7.8 | 85.3 | 146.5 | 27.2 | .7 | 61.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | — | 331.5 |
| 1901 | 53 | 101 | 104 | 22 | — | 31 | 1 | — | 28 | 340 |
Whole Borough.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Chickenpox. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 2 | 63 | 158 | 65 | 3 | 104 | 2 | 12 | - | 409 |
| 1892 | 11 | 135 | 493 | 49 | — | 199 | 2 | — | — | 889 |
| 1893 | 98 | 216 | 562 | 80 | 2 | 206 | 4 | 2 | — | 1,170 |
| 1894 | 23 | 99 | 149 | 57 | — | 137 | — | — | — | 465 |
| 1895 | 44 | 123 | 307 | 44 | — | 124 | 2 | — | — | 644 |
| 1896 | 1 | 127 | 294 | 50 | 1 | 148 | 3 | 1 | — | 625 |
| 1897 | 4 | 214 | 321 | 56 | - | 136 | 2 | — | — | 733 |
| 1898 | - | 177 | 161 | 32 | - | 110 | 3 | — | — | 483 |
| 1899 | - | 91 | 193 | 55 | 2 | 99 | 2 | — | — | 442 |
| 1900 | — | 123 | 194 | 55 | - | 89 | 1 | - | - | 462 |
| Average for 10 years, 1891-1900. | 18.3 | 136.8 | 283.2 | 54.3 | .8 | 135.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | — | 632.2 |
| 1901 | 211 | 161 | 254 | 39 | — | 89 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 806 |