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Holborn 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE VII. DEATHS FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1920 AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS.
| Year. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Total. | Diarrhœa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate per 1000 | Number. | Rate per 1000 | Number. | Rate per 1000 | Number. | Rate per 1000 | Number. | Rate per 1000 | Number. | Rate per 1000 | Number. | Rate per 1000 | Number. | Rate per 1000 births | |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | 026 | — | — | 4 | 0.08 | 16 | 0.32 | 4 | 0.08 | 37 | 0.73 | 6 | 59 |
| 1911 | — | __ | 15 | 0.31 | 3 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.04 | 26 | 0.53 | 33 | 35.9 |
| 1912 | — | — | 25 | 0.52 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.13 | 7 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.02 | 39 | 0.8l | 8 | 8.8 |
| 1913 | — | — | 7 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.08 | 6 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.02 | 17 | 0.36 | 12 | 15.1 |
| 1914 | — | — | 11 | 0.24 | 2 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.06 | 9 | 0.19 | 6 | 0.13 | 31 | 0.66 | 11 | 14.4 |
| 1915 | — | — | 19 | 0.47 | 1 | 0.02 | 11 | 0.27 | 12 | 0.30 | 1 | 0.02 | 44 | 1.09 | 11 | 16.4 |
| 1916 | — | — | 3 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.05 | 10 | 0.26 | 4 | 0.11 | — | — | 19 | 0.50 | 10 | 15.4 |
| 1917 | — | — | 37 | 1.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.03 | — | — | 39 | 1.10 | 9 | 15.7 |
| 1918 | — | — | 6 | 0.16 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.14 | 13 | 0.35 | 3 | 0.08 | 27 | 0.73 | 9 | 18.1 |
| 1919 | — | — | 1 | 0.03 | — | 6 | 0.16 | — | — | 1 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.2I | 6 | 11.l | |
| Average 10 years 1910-1919 | — | — | 14 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.13 | 7 | 0.16 | 2 | 0.04 | 29 | 0.68 | 12 | 15.7 |
| 1920 | — | — | 7 | 0.18 | 2 | 0.05 | 5 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.05 | — | — | 16 | 0.40 | 11 | 13.3 |
| London 1920 | — | 0.00 | — | 0.22 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.22 | — | 0.17 | — | 0.01 | — | 0.67 | — | 9.5 |
* The Registrar General since 1911 has taken the deaths from diarrhœa and enteritis under
two years of age.