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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 1936

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

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Table: TABLE II.

TABLE II.

Causes of Death.NET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF "RESIDENTS," whether occurring within or without the Borough.Total Deaths whether of "Residents " or "Non-Residents' in Institutions in the Borough.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.6 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.
All causesCertified4181815583513711198
Uncertified..............................
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers..............................2
2. Measles21...1.....................
3. Scarlet Fever.................................
4. Whooping Cough21...1..................2
5. Diphtheria3......21...............1
6. Influenza2..................1...1...
7. Encephalitis Lethargica.................................
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever1.........1...............6
9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System32.........1410134...9
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases3..................3......19
11. Syphilis2...............11......1
12. General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis2..................2......1
13. Cancer, malignant disease67............1331201260
14. Diabetes5..................2218
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage21...............179411
16. Heart Disease108.........1...333363538
17. Aneurysm3..................21...1
18. Other Circulatory Diseases16...............15379
19. Bronchitis13............1...35418
20. Pneumonia (all forms)3431......13671360
21, Other Respiratory Diseases5..................21214
22. Peptic Ulcer9...............15216
23. Diarrhœa, etc.43..................1...41
24. Appendicitis3..................3......6
26. Cirrhosis of Liver3...............21......1
26 Other diseases of liver, etc.5...............113...3
27. Other digestive diseases5......1.........1...323
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis9..................45...30
29. Puerperal Sepsis.................................
30. Other Puerperal Causes.................................
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc. ...88........................66
32. Senility3........................3...
33. Suicide10...............32324
34. Other Violence121......111...4411
35. Other Defined Diseases261............5956159
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown.................................
41818165835137111 _98609