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Holborn 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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SMALL-POX.
The present outbreak of Small-Pox is the largest that has occurred since that of 1893-94.
Since the very serious epidemic of 1871 the following have been the number of deaths from Small-pox in the Metropolis, and the annual rates per million of the population :—
| Years. | Deaths from Small-pox. | Years. | Deaths from Small-pox. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Total. | Anual Rate per Million of the Population. | Annual Total. | Annual Rate per Million of the Population. | ||
| 1871 | 7,912 | 2,421 | 1886 | 24 | 5 |
| 1872 | 1,786 | 537 | 1887 | 9 | 2 |
| 1873 | 113 | 33 | 1888 | 9 | 2 |
| 1874 | 57 | 16 | 1889 | — | _ |
| 1875 | 46 | 12 | 1890 | 4 | 1 |
| 1876 | 736 | 207 | 1891 | 8 | 2 |
| 1877 | 2,551 | 709 | 1892 | 41 | 10 |
| 1878 | 1,417 | 387 | 1893 | 206 | 48 |
| 1 879 | 450 | 120 | 1894 | 89 | 22 |
| 1880 | 471 | 124 | 1895 | 55 | 13 |
| 1881 | 2,367 | 617 | 1896 | 9 | 2 |
| 1882 | 430 | 110 | 1897 | 16 | 4 |
| 1883 | 136 | 34 | 1898 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 1884 | 1,236 | 307 | 1899 | 3 | 0.6 |
| 1885 | 1,419 | 347 | 1900 | 4 | 0.8 |
In 1901 the number of deaths from Small-pox was 247.
Excluding duplicates, the number of notifications of Small-pox to Saturday the 28th December,
1901, was 211; 158 belonging to Bloomsbury and St. Giles and 53 to the Holborn Sub-Division.
The following gives the ages of those notified:—
| The following gives the ages of those notified:— | |
| Under 1 year of age | 2 |
| 1 year and under 5 years of age | 10 |
| 5 years and under 15 years of age | 19 |
| 15 years and under 25 years of age | 46 |
| 25 years and under 65 years of age | 130 |
| 65 years and upwards | 4 |
| 211 | |
SUMMARY of Notification of small-pox since the begining of the outbreak.
| Week ending— | Number of Notifications received. | Number ofGenuine Cases. | Number returned not Small-pox. | Number of Secondary Cases. | Number of fresh centres of Infection. | Numberof Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 8 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| August 17 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| „ 24 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| „ 31 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| September 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| „ 14 | 5 | 5 | - | 8 | 2 | - |
| „ 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| „ 28 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| October 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| „ 12 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - |
| „ 19 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| „ 26 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 |
| November 2 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 1 |
| „ 9 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| „ 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| „ 23 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| „ 30 | 11 | 11 | - | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| December 7 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| „ 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| „ 21 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 1 |
| „ 28 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 27 | 25 | 4 |
| Total | 211 | 193 | 18 | 75 | 118 | 30 |