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Holborn 1915

Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health

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ALCOHOLISM.
Only 26 deaths were assigned to alcoholism or cirrhosis of liver, 12 in
St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 14 in the Holborn District. These represent only
a portion of the deaths really caused by alcoholism, as they are frequently
registered under the headings of other secondary causes.
CANCER.
54 deaths were registered as due to cancer or malignant disease, 32
belonging to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 22 to the Holborn District.
OTHER CAUSES OF DEATH.
Further details as to causes of and ages at death are given in Table III. of
the Appendix.
INQUESTS.
Coroner: Walter Schroder, Esq., Office, Manor Place, Paddington Green, W.
Inquiry Officer: Mr. G. Stabb, 46, Baker Street, King's Cross Boad.

Table: The following inquests on the bodies of Parishioners were held:—

The following inquests on the bodies of Parishioners were held:—

District.Total Number.Cause of Death.
Natural.Accidents.Suicide.Murder
St. Giles and Bloomsbury39241221
Holborn41171266
Total80412487

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THE PUBLIC MORTUARY, GOLDSMITH STREET.
85 bodies were received (53 being parishioners), and on these 51 inquests
(27 of parishioners) were held, and 38 post-mortems (21 of parishioners) made.
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Excluding Naval and Military cases, and duplicate notifications, 198 notifications
of Phthisis, 92 notifications of Whooping Cough, and 27 notifications of
Chicken Pox, the number of notifications of infectious diseases in the Borough
during 1915 was 273 in comparison with a decennial average of 256. The
notifications per 1,000 of the population were less than for London, namely 6.78
per 1,000 in comparison with 7.52 for London.
For further details, see the following Table and Table II. of the Appendix