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Holborn 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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St. Albans' Class Room A. 17th June to 21st June.
| Do. | „ A. | 1st July to 12th July. |
| Do. | „ B. | 15th „ to Summer Holidays. |
| Do. | „ c. | 15th „ to do. |
| Do. | „ B. | 18th October to 1st November. |
| Saffron Hill | „ A. | 24th June to 5th July. |
| Rosebery Avenue | „ B. | 27th „ to 5th „ |
| Do. | „ A. | 18th July to Summer Holidays, |
| Do. | „ B. | 2nd October to 18th October. |
| St. John-the-Evangelist | „ C. | 1st July to 5th July. |
| Do. | „ B. | 4th „ to 19th „ |
| Do. | „ c. | 10th „ to Summer Holidays. |
| St. Giles-in-the-Fields | „ A. | 5th „ to 10th July. |
Of 99 cases visited, 58 were under 5 years of age. and in 38 of these, the
infection was traced to children attending school. 79 were in 1 or 2 room
dwellings, 20 in 3 or more rooms. In 84 of the 99 cases a doctor was in attendance.
Since the Measles Order of the Local Government Board of the 30th May,
1911, in addition to Poor Law cases, persons that cannot be satisfactorily isolated
and nursed at home can be removed to hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, on the recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health, provided accommodation
is available. 10 cases were so removed during the year.
WHOOPING COUGH
Whooping cough was returned as the cause of 7 deaths during the year, in
comparison with 3 in the preceding year and 16 in 1910. Four of the deaths
were in St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 3 in the Holborn District. All were
children under 5 years of age, 6 being under 2 years. The death-rate was 017
per 1,000 in comparison with the decennial average of 0.26.
On account of outbreaks of this disease, all children under 5 years were
excluded from the Christ Church and Tower Street Schools, from 13th February,
1912, to 8th March, 1912, and from 1st May, 1912, to 24th May, 1912
respectively.
On the 9th August, 1912, the Local Government Board issued an Order
providing for the admission of any person who is not a pauper, to a hospital of
the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the recommendation of the Medical Officer
of Health, provided more accommodation is available than is required for pauper
patients.