Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | ||||||||||
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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 |