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Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Deaths of Infants under One Year of Age, 1025. The homes were visited in a large proportion of the infant deaths, and any requisite information obtained, and when required, suitably advice given. The cause and age of death are given in the following Table:—

Deaths of Infants under One Year of Age, 1025. The homes were visited in a large proportion of the infant deaths, and any requisite information obtained, and when required, suitably advice given. The cause and age of death are given in the following Table:—

Cause of DeathUnder 1 Week1.2 Weeks2.3 Weeks3.4 WeeksTotal under 4 Weeks4 Weeks and under 3 Months3.G MonthsG.9 Months9.12 MonthsTotal under 1 Year
MFMFMFMFMFBoth sexesMFMFMFMFMFBoth sexes
Whooping Cough.......................................1...12......224
Tuberculous Disease (non-pulmonary)......................................................1...11
Bronchitis...1.....................11...............1.........33
Pneumonia (all forms).......................................2......1...1224
Diarrhoea..................................................................
Enteritis......1...............1...1......13............336
Congenital Malformations...1.....................111.....................112
Premature Births13.........1......l45...1..................156
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.................................1121............325
Other causes11..................112.........1............112
Totals26100100311023641412132033
Total both sexes8110105105333

Table:

Net births registered during the calendar year.Net deaths registered during the calendar year.
MalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexes
Legitimate Infants232258490Legitimate Infants111728
Illegitimate Infants221537Illegitimate Infants235