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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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Whole Borough.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | - | 62 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 51 | 172 |
| 1899 | - | 27 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 56 | 119 |
| 1900 | - | 31 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 45 | 128 |
| 1901 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 133 |
| 1902 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 142 |
| 1903 | — | 17 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 70 |
| 1904 | 2 | 43 | —_ | 7 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 99 |
| 1905 | — | 11 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 59 |
| 1906 | — | 25 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 84 |
| 1907 | — | 13 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 71 |
| Average for 10 years 1898-1907. | 7.8 | 28.1 | 3.7 | 10.9 | 17.9 | 6.1 | 3.42 | 107.7 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 58 |
INFLUENZA.
During the year there were 25 deaths registered as due to influenza, 16 in
St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 9 in the Holborn District.
ALCOHOLISM.
Only 25 deaths were assigned to alcoholism or cirrhosis of liver, 13 in
St. Giles and Bloomsbury. and 12 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.
Fifty-three deaths were registered as due to cancer or malignant disease,
32 belonging to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 21 to the Holborn District.
SUDDEN AND VIOLENT DEATHS.
Inquests.
The following inquests on the bodies of Parishioners were held:—
Coroner: Dr. G. P. Danford Thomas, Paddington Mortuary, Paddington.
Inquiry Officer: Mr. Richard Powell, 58, Hemingford Road, Barnsbury, N.
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