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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 1937

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

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Table: TABLE II. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1937.

TABLE II. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1937.

Causes of Death.NET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF"RESIDENTS," whether occurring within or without the Borough.Total Deaths whetherof "Resi-dents" or "Non-Residents' in Insti-tutions inthe 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 causesCertified41022338113612111492
Uncertified..............................
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.................................
2. Measles1......1.....................
3. Scarlet Fever..............................1
4. Whooping Cough21...1.....................
5. Diphtheria3...1...2...............1
6. Influenza10...............14413
7. Encephalitis Lethargica..............................1
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever..............................2
9. Tuberculosis of Inspiratory System23...............6102110
10. Other Tuberculous Discases41...............1......21
11. Syphilis2..................2.........
12 General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis1..................1......1
13. Cancer, malignant disease66...............72323...49
14. Diabetes5..................23...3
15. Cerebral Hæmorrhage18...............1431028
16. Heart Disease99............1330343131
17. Aneurysm3...............111......
18. Other Circulatory Diseases22..................34154
19. Bronchitis13..................6435
20. Pneumonia (all forms)304............587670
21 Other Respiratory Diseases4...............211...22
22. Peptic Ulcer5..................3115
23. Diarrhœa, etc.22........................48
24. Appendicitis1...........................7
25. Cirrhosis of Liver2..................2......2
26 Other diseases of liver, etc...............................1
27. Other digestive diseases11......11......44118
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis11.........1...145...26
29. Puerperal Sepsis1.........• ••1...............
30. Other Puerperal Causes............• ••...............2
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc.1212........................62
32. Senility6.....................24...
33. Suicide6............1212...2
34. Other Violence191.........1345511
35. Other Defined Diseases281......324792147
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown.................................
41022338113612111492583