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WHOOPING COUGH.
Whooping cough was returned as the cause of 16 deaths during the year, in
comparison with 15 in the preceding year and a decennial average of 15.7. Five
of the deaths were in St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 11 in the Holborn District.
All were children under 5 years of age.
DIARRHEA.
The number of deaths from diarrhœa was only 6, in comparison with a
decennial average of 27. Two belonged to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 4 to
the Holborn District. Four were children under 5 years of age, 2 being under
1 year of age.
PHTHISIS.
For details see pages 22-24.
INFLUENZA.
During the year there were 10 deaths registered as due to influenza, all in
the Holborn District.
ALCOHOLISM.
Only 17 deaths were assigned to alcoholism or cirrhosis of liver, 6 in
St. Giles and Bloomsbury. and 11 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.
Fifty-six deaths were registered as due to cancer or malignant disease,
29 belonging to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 27 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.
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