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WHOOPING COUGH.
Whooping cough was more prevalent during the year, there having been
15 deaths registered in comparison with 7 in the preceding year and a decennial
average of 15.5. Three of the deaths were in St. Giles and Bloomsbury and
12 in the Holborn District. All were children under 5 years of age.
DIARRHEA.
The number of deaths from diarrhoea was only 6, in comparison with a
decennial average of 32. Four belonged to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 2 to
the Holborn District. All were children under 5 years of age, 5 being under
1 year of age.
PHTHISIS.
For details see pages 23-25.
INFLUENZA.
During the year there were 15 deaths registered as due to influenza, 5 in
St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 10 in the Holborn District.
ALCOHOLISM.
Only 25 deaths were assigned to alcoholism or cirrhosis of liver, 10 in
St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 15 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.
Sixty-two deaths were registered as due to cancer or malignant disease,
29 belonging to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 33 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.