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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 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Causes of Death. | Deaths at the Subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring is or beyond the district. | deaths at all ages of ''Residents" belonging to Localities whether occurring in or beyond the district. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Nonresidents in Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 6 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury | Hol-born. | |||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | 9 | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 5 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 11 | 40 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Fever | Typhus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Other Continued | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 6 | – | 10 | 3 | |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diarrhœa | 6 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Enteritis | 9 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
| Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 27 | |
| Phthisis | 98 | – | 2 | 1 | 7 | 81 | 7 | 46 | 52 | 29 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 9 | 4 | 85 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 56 | – | – | – | – | 36 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 19 | |
| Bronchitis | 81 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | 28 | 42 | 34 | 47 | 11 | |
| Pneumonia | 71 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 45 | 57 | |
| Pleurisy | 11 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 17 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | |
| Venereal Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Premature Birth | 31 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 19 | 18 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
| Heart Diseases | 63 | – | – | 3 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 31 | 32 | 27 | |
| Accidents | 34 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | |
| Suicides | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | |
| All other causes | 204 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 80 | 88 | 110 | 94 | 218 | |
| All causes | 768 | 102 | 59 | 19 | 21 | 352 | 213 | 352 | 416 | 603 | |