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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 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the proceedings of the Board for the year ending Lady-Day, 1895
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TABLE I. MORTALITY and BIRTHS of the HOLBORN DISTRICT during the 52 weeks ending Saturday, December 31st, 1894.
| Localities. | Population, 1891. | DEATHS. | ages atDeatH. | causes of death. | BIRTHS. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Death. | Children under 1 year of Age. | Persons aged 60 years and upwards. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhœa. | Typhoid (or Enteric) Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Cholera. | Violence. | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Total Births. | Uncertified. | ||
| St.George-the-Martyr, including 250 non-resident in hospitals | 17,921 | 588 | 151 | 52 | ... | ... | 12 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 4 | ... | ... | 11 | 24 | 364 | 404 | ... |
| St. Andrew's Eastern, including 62 in the workhouse | 15,343 | 199 | 65 | 33 | ... | ... | 9 | 7 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 428 | ... |
| General Total | 33,264 | 787 | 216 | 85 | ... | ... | 21 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 6 | ... | 1 | 20 | 49 | 386 | 832 | ... |
| In the year 1893 (52 weeks) | ... | 967 | 259 | 183 | ... | 4 | 22 | 15 | 54 | 25 | 11 | ... | ... | 31 | 66 | 423 | 864 | 1 |
| In the year 1892 | ... | 917 | 243 | 155 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 36 | 33 | 4 | ... | 1 | 30 | 67 | 389 | 885 | ... | |
| The the year 1891 | ... | 1058 | 250 | 158 | ... | 3 | 54 | 50 | 32 | 16 | 7 | ... | 1 | 32 | 77 | 384 | 917 | 1 |
Death-rate 19.84 to every 1000 of the population.