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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 1938

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

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Table: TABLE II.Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1938.

TABLE II.Causes of, and Ages at, Death, 1938.

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.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. Measles11...........................
3. Scarlet Fever...........................1
4. Whooping Cough.................................
6. Diphtheria..............................2
6. Influenza1..................1.........
7. Encephalitis Lethargica1...............1.........2
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever1.........1...............2
9. Tuberculosis of Inspiratory System321......458122...14
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................17
11. Syphilis3..................21...1
12 General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis5..................41......
13. Cancer, malignant disease61..................3419862
14. Diabetes2..................11...9
15. Cerebral Hæmorrhage16...............176229
16. Heart Disease85...............327213325
17. Aneurysm5..................32...3
18. Other Circulatory Diseases14..................4553
19. Bronchitis161...............2575
20. Pneumonia (all forms)192...............74355
21 Other Respiratory Diseases2..................11...13
22. Peptic Ulcer6..................51...7
23. Diarrhæa, etc.55........................40
24. Appendicitis2...............11......4
25. Cirrhosis of Liver1..................1......3
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.1.....................1...1
27. Other digestive diseases4..................3l...14
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis10...............26...217
29. Puerperal Sepsis.................................
30. Other Puerperal Causes1...............1............
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc.99........................44
32 Senility10.....................281
33. Suicide6...............31112
34. Other Violence12...............52329
85. Other Defined Diseases29.........2221166126
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown.................................
35819...278281348377511