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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Causes of Death. | Net Deaths at the Subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district | Deaths in Localities (at all ages). | Total Deaths whether of "Residents' or "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 upwards. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | |||
| All causes | Certified | 715 | 70 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 109 | 235 | 203 | 311 | 404 | 568 |
| Uncertified | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Fever Enteric | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 23 | 8 | |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 25 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | |
| Influenza | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 95 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 33 | 5 | 35 | 60 | 29 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 44 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 13 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 33 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 59 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 34 | 23 | 33 | 26 | 28 | |
| Bronchitis | 100 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 27 | 65 | 30 | 70 | 22 | |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |
| Pneumonia (all other forms) | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 17 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 11 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | 32 | |
| Appendicitis & Typhlitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Alcoholism | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 25 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| – | – | – | |||||||||||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | ||||
| – | 1 | – | |||||||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | 11 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicides | 26 | – | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | 14 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Suicides | 7 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| – | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other Defined Diseases | 221 | 16 | 7 | – | 9 | 4 | 23 | 77 | |||||
| 85 | 102 | 119 | 181 | ||||||||||
| Diseases, Ill-Defined or Unknown | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | – | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| All causes | 715 | 70 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 109 | 235 | 203 | 311 | 404 | 568 | |