Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1924.
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. | ||||||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 46 to 65 | 65 and wards. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | |||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 68 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | ... | 19 | 49 | 67 |
Erysipelas | 22 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 |
Scarlet Fever | 88 | ... | 26 | 52 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 28 | 60 | 88 |
Enteric Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
Pneumonia—Primary | 53 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 28 |
do. Influenzal | 10 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 75 | 1 | ... | 4 | 14 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 39 | 36 | 51 |
do. Non-Pulmonary | 12 | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 10 | 8 |
Whooping Cough | 95 | 17 | 64 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 85 | 45 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 4 | 2 | 4 |
445 | 32 | 138 | 97 | 41 | 73 | 47 | ! 7 | 146 | 299 | 314 |