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Holborn 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: TABLE II. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1931.

TABLE II. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1931.

Causes ok Death.NET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF "RESIDENTS," whether occurring within or without the Borough.Total Deaths whether of "Residents " or "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the Borough.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under] 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.
All causesCertified492266342055161113104
Uncertified..............................
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers1............1............1
2. Measles1......1.....................
3. Scarlet Fever.................................
4. Whooping Cough43...1..................1
5. Diphtheria..............................4
G. Influenza13............1262...3
7. Encephalitis Lethargica.................................
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever1..................1......7
9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System32............27133...15
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases6......1...4......1...33
11. Syphilis31............11......3
12. General Paralysis of the insane Tabes Dorsalis3..................12...5
13. Cancer, malignant disease79...............639201263
14. Diabetes9..................5314
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage25...............169919
16. Heart Disease94............31127282527
17. Aneurysm2..................2.........
18. Other Circulatory Diseases28..................28186
19. Bronchitis27...............178116
20. Pneumonia (all forms)38............18135467
21 Other Respiratory Diseases2..................1...116
22. Peptic Dicer2..................2......7
23. Diarrhoea, etc.4........................158
24. Appendicitis2............1......1...3
26. Cirrhosis of Liver6..................11...4
26 Other diseases of liver, etc.2..................11...1
27. Other digestive diseases9............2...3229
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis13...............173231
29. Puerperal Sepsis.................................
30. Other Puerperal Causes.................................
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc.1212........................67
32. Senility7...............1...62
33. Suicide12............24321...
34. Other Violence281.........346842
35. Other Defined Diseases2822.........9465134
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown..............................
492266342055161113104598