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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Locality (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospitals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | |||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 26 to 45. | i5 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 88 | 1 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 9 | – | – | 39 | 49 | 84 | |
| Erysipelas | 48 | – | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 15 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 113 | 1 | 35 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 1 | – | 55 | 58 | 113 | |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | – | 3 | 9 | 11 | |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Phthisis | P.H (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908 | 96 | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 30 | 9 | 23 | 73 | 95 |
| P. H. (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911 | 79 | – | 2 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 13 | – | 36 | 43 | 24 | |
| P. H. (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1911 | 35 | – | – | 2 | 7 | 17 | 9 | – | 16 | 19 | 3 | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Cerebro spinal fever | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Polio-myelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Hydrophobia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 477 | 7 | 69 | 108 | 65 | 142 | 76 | 10 | 198 | 279 | 347 | |