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Holborn 1905

Report for the year 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: The following are the numbers of deaths from the separate diseases :—

The following are the numbers of deaths from the separate diseases :—

Bloomsbury anil St. Giles.Holborn Sub-District.Holborn Borough.
Small-pox---
Measles3811
Scarlet Fever123
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup-44
Whooping Cough6915
Typhoid Fever314
Typhus---
Diarrhœa101222
Total233659

Table: DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1905 AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS. St. Giles and Bloomsbury.

DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1905 AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS. St. Giles and Bloomsbury.

Year.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
18951135131323077
1896—41751341787
1897—9761861763
1898—2626952270
1899—16-4143055
1900—11491362063
190119916471864
1902371165115580
1903—33594832
1904212—4221032
Average for 10 years 1895-1904.5.915.13.56.39.34.517.762.3
1905—31—631023
Holborn Division.
Year.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
1895-45678-2490
1896132-92651992
1897—84171953588
1898—3622112229102
1899—11351272664
1900—20341032565
1901111328652469
190291926161962
1903—1412611438
1904—31—3622567
Average for 10 years 1895-1904.2.122.92.38.212.13.123.073.7
1905—824911236

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