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Holborn 1895
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the half-year ending December, 1895
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DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
There were 174 deaths of children under one year of age; that is, the
number of deaths of children under one year of age to 1000 births was 212.
The corresponding rate for London was only 165 per 1000 births.
GLASSHOUSE YARD.
During the last six months of the year there were registered 5 births and
2 deaths, one a child aged six months, the other an old lady of seventy ; and
during the year 6 births and 4 deaths.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The following table shows, in a summary form, the amount of life in the
whole of London saved, and the amount lost in the year, compared with the
mean annual mortality of the preceding ten years, under each of the more
important causes.
London:—Diminution or excess of deaths in 1895 compared with the average annual deaths in 1885-94, corrected for increase of population:—
| Cause of Death. | Diminution in 1895. | Excess in 1895. |
|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 134 | — |
| Measles | 112 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 228 | — |
| Typhus | 8 | — |
| Influenza | — | 1361 |
| Whooping Cough | 1259 | — |
| Diphtheria | — | 611 |
| Simple Fever | 33 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 13 | — |
| Diarrhoeal Diseases | — | 615 |
| Cancer | — | 391 |
| Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases | 660 | — |
| Premature Birlh | — | 241 |
| Diseases of Nervous System | 1080 | — |
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 44 | — |
| Diseases of Respiratory System | 790 | — |
| Diseases of Urinary System | 17 | — |
| Childbirth and Puerperal Fever | 111 | — |
| Accident | — | 126 |
| Homicide | — | — |
| Suicide | — | 54 |
| All other Causes | 173 | — |
| Total | 4662 | 3399 |
| Balance of Diminution or Excess | 1263 | — |