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Holborn 1902
Report for the year 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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influenza.
Only 15 deaths were last year assigned to Influenza, 6 in Blooinsbury and St. Giles, and 9
in the Holborn Sub-division.
alcoholism.
Twenty-nine deaths, the same number as last year, were assigned to alcoholism or
cirrhosis of liver, but the numbers iu the Divisions of the Borough were reversed. In 1902,
10 were in Bloomsbury and St. Giles, and 19 in the Holborn Sub-division. These represent
only a small proportion of the deaths that are really caused by alcoholism, as they are frequently
registered under the headings of other secondary causes.
Further details of the causes of and ages at death are given in Table IV of the Appendix
sudden and violent deaths.
Inquests.
The following inquests on the bodies of Parishioners were held :—
Coroner : Dr. (x. P. Danford Thomas, 20, Brunswick Square.
Inquiry Officer: Mr. J. Bryant, 7, Cobden Buildings, King's Cross Road.
| Total Number. | Cause of Death. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural. | Accidents. | Suicide. | Manslaughter. | ||
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 60 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| Holborn | 59 | 32 | 23 | 4 | - |
| Total | 119 | 70 | 49 | 8 | 1 |
| District. | Bodies received. | Inquests held. | Postmortems. | Non-Parishioners. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomstury and St. Giles | 88 | 51 | 30 | 17 |
| Holborn | 112 | 59 | 32 | 21 |
| Total | 200 | 110 | 62 | 38 |
HOUSING or the WORKING classes act, 1890.
Under Part T. of the Act.
Italian Colony.
Details of thip area which was represented by me in 1901, were given in my Annual
Report for that year. This Council has sent several communications to the London County