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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 1951

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

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Table: TABLE No. 4. Deaths of , and ages at, death. Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar genral in form S.D. 25.

TABLE No. 4. Deaths of , and ages at, death. Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar genral in form S.D. 25.

Cause of Death.AGE.
Under 1 Day.1 Day 1 Week. i1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total Under 4 Weeks4 Weeks to 3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Under 1 Year.
31.Congenital meningomyeloule------1---1
Congenital atresia ofoesophagus-—1——1———-1
32.Premature Birth31-——4————4
Intracranial haemorrhage-2———2————2
Enlarged thymus—------1--1
34.Want of attention at birth1—--—1—-——1
431——811——10

Table: TABLE No. 5. Deaths of Infants under one year of age for preceding 10 years. Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar genral in form S.D. 25.

TABLE No. 5. Deaths of Infants under one year of age for preceding 10 years. Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar genral in form S.D. 25.

Cause of Death.19411942194319441945194619471948194919501951
3. Syphilitic disease1----------
5. Whooping Cough———————1———
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases1——1-------
20. Other heart disease1---1------
23. Pneumonia11441———32—
24. Bronchitis——————1—1——
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea1—1112211——
31. Congenital malformations11—-34——212
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases368510595547
34. All other accidents—1——11————1
991311171212712710