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Holborn 1899

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1899

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Table: TABLE I. (as required by the Local Government Board). TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1899 (for the 52 weeks ending 31st December, 1899), in the Holborn (London, W.C.) District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

TABLE I. (as required by the Local Government Board).

TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1899 (for the 52 weeks ending 31st December, 1899), in the Holborn (London, W.C.) District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purposes of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes at subjoined Ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 Years of Age.
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A t all ages.Under 1year.1and under 55 and under 1515and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwardsSmallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric orTypboid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
St. George the Martyr2197517248536Under 5 5 upwds.......1........................339...121......54992
...............2.........1.........1...1947144534127
St. Andrew Eastern1725018637619Under 5 5 upwds....1...........................588...2111...52768
......1.....................1......2215221013236104
5............23Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
Glasshoase Yard.............................................13.........15
In District (Not of District)7..................Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
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Children's HospitalDistrict17861...2...Under 5 5 upwds.......1.......................................6.........714
Not of District300.................................1................................................
Lond. Homœop. Hospt.District2366227...Under 5 5 upwds.......1......1.........1...111...1.........512
Not of Dist.39.................................2...........................12......1511
National HospitalDistrict.....................Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
Not of District59....................................................................................
Italian HospitalDistrict.....................Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
Not of District.......................................................................................
St. John & Elizab. H.District.....................Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
Not of Dist........................................................................................
Alexandra HospitalDistrict.....................Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
Not of Distict........................................................................................
City Orthopædic Hosp.District.....................Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
Not of Dist........................................................................................
Workhouse (not of District)4..................Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
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Gray's Inn, Charterhouse, Furnival and Staple Inns (not of District)14..................Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
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TotalsOf District4361394711917258Under 5 5 upwds....13......1.........1...91218...3391...1088186
Not of District423........................1......5.........11......3236742417878250
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.280231361814080Under 5 5 upwds....11........................2...3......11.........1836
...1.................................22505120410103244
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto423..................Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
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