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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: TABLE II. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1932.

TABLE II. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1932.

causes of Death.NET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF "RESIDENTS," whether occurring within or without the Borough.Total Deaths whether of "Resilient s "or "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the Borough.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 1 65 vears. 165 and under i 75 years.75 and upwards.
All causesCertified517253791460147124128
Uncertified..............................
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.................................
2. Measles1...1........................
3. Scarlet Fever..............................1
4. Whooping Cough..............................1
5. Diphtheria2.........2..................
6. Influenza121............35125
7. Encephalitis Lethargica1...............1............
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever...........................10
9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System341......1511151...21
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases4......1...111......38
11. Syphilis1.....................l...6
12. General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis5...............131...5
13. Cancer, malignant disease71...............632211251
14. Diabetes5...............1...2114
15. Cerebral Hæmorrhage21...............159611
16. Heart Disease127............2527415223
17. Aneurysm10...............l621...
18. Other Circulatory Diseases27..................211144
19. Bronchitis273............327126
20. Pneumonia (all forms)3321213296793
21. Other Respiratory Diseases2...............2.........18
22. Peptic Ulcer8...............143...3
23. Diarrhœa, etc. (under 2 years)1311............2.........69
24. Appendicitis3............1...2......4
25. Cirrhosis of Liver6.........•••...24......3
26 Other diseases of liver, etc.2..................2......1
27. Other digestive diseases61......•••......22116
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis13......1...1323334
29. Puerperal Sepsis2...............2............
30. Other Puerperal Causes..................•••............
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc.33........................45
32, Senility5..................•••14I
3?. Suicide13...............481...1
34. Other Violence181......2...5...465
35. Other Defined Diseases401133...41477132
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown21..................1......
517253791460147124128611