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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 1935

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

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Table: TABLE II.Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1935.

TABLE II.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1935.

Causes of Death.NET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF " RESIDENTS," whether occurring within or without the Borough.Total Deaths whether of "Resi-dents " or " Non-Residents' in Insti-tutions 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 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.
All causesCertified1202422793418911687
Uncertified..............................
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.................................
2. Measles.................................
3. Scarlet Fever.................................
4. Whooping Cough21...1..................1
5. Diphtheria2.........11...............
6. Influenza3..................12...3
7. Encephalitis Lethargica.................................
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever..............................5
9. Tuberculosis of Inspiratory System29.........137126...11
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases1.........1...............18
11. Syphilis5..................5.........
12. General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis5...............14.........
13. Cancer, malignant disease58...............33115959
14. Diabetes5..................32...7
16. Cerebral Haemorrhage19...............166727
16. Heart Disease113...............424444130
17. Aneurysm1.....................1...2
18. Other Circulatory Diseases23..................11194
19. Bronchitis16...............24645
20. Pneumonia (all forms)32621.........147257
21 Other Respiratory Diseases21.....................119
22. Peptic Ulcer7...............142...4
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)74...............11147
24. Appendicitis1..................I......13
25. Cirrhosis of Liver4..................3...12
26. Other diseases of liver, etc2.....................112
27. Other digestive diseases6...............122...15
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis3..................2...122
29. Puerperal Sepsis1............1...............
30. Other Puerperal Causes.................................
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc.1111........................52
32. Senility4.....................13...
33. Suicide14...............59......3
34. Other Violence101......1212219
35. Other Defined Diseases35......3261086115
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown.................................
4202422793418911687532