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Holborn 1896
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1896
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TABLE I. (as required by the Local Government Board.) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1896 (for the 53 weeks ending June 2nd, 1897), in the Holborn (London, W.C.) District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (a) | at subjoined ages. Mortality prom all causes. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| At all ages. (b) | Under 1 year. (c) | 1 and under 5 (d) | 5 and under 15 (e) | 15 and under 25 (f) | 25 and under 65 (g) | 65 and inwards (h) | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membraneous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measels. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneunomia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. George the Martyr | 227 | 77 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 77 | 21 | Under 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 49 | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 115 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Andrew Eastern | 195 | 62 | 38 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 21 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 41 | 100 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glasshouse Yard | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Under 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children's Hospital | Not District | 183 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Hospital | Not District | 41 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Londn. Homœop. Hosptl. | Not Dist. | 58 | Under 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italian Hospital | Not District. | 1 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John & Elizabeth | Not District | 23 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District | 2 | 2 | 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alexandra Hospital (not District) | 5 | Uuder 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City Orthopcedic Hosptl. „ | 1 | 5 upwds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Workhouse (not District) | 3 | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gray's Inn, &c. (not District) | 10 | 5upwds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | Not belonging to District | 325 | Under 5 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 8 | 101 | 239 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Belonging to District | 467 | 151 | 88 | 20 | 20 | 144 | 44 | 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 54 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 77 | 228 | ||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto | Under 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 42 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||