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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1919. Name of District—Holborn.
| 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 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 88 | 2 | 23 | 38 | 15 | 10 | — | — | 30 | 58 | 81 |
| Erysipelas | 25 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 10 |
| Scarlet Fever | 54 | — | 9 | 35 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 20 | 34 | 52 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1. |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Acute Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophtdalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Letdargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Malaria | 7 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 5 | — |
| Pneumonia—Primary | 14 | 3 | i | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| do. Influenzal | 14 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 76 | — | — | 4 | 14 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 4i | 35 | 32 |
| do. Non-Pulmonary | 18 | — | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| Measles | 136 | 7 | 68 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 69 | 67 | 14 |
| German Measles | 45 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 5 | — | — | 19 | 26 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| 495 | 21 | 119 | 155 | 67 | 88 | 39 | 6 | 217 | 278 | 215 | |