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Holborn 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 11. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, YEAR 1919.
| Causes of Death. | NET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF "RESIDENTS," whether occurring within or without the District. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents " or "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 5 and under 25 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 85 years. | 65 and upward | |||||
| All causes | | Certified | 624 | 52 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 107 | 183 | 216 | 639 | |
| (Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1. Enteric Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| 2. Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3. Measles | I | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4. Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5. Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | ||
| 6. Diphtheria and Croup | 6 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 7. Influenza | 46 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 59 | ||
| 8. Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | I | — | |||
| 9. Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 67 | 1 | 1 | — | I | 5 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 19 | ||
| 10. Tuberculous Meningitis | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 34 | ||
| 11. Other Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | — | I | 2 | — | 28 | ||
| — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 40 | ||||
| 13. Rheumatic Fever | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 6 | ||
| 14. Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 20 | ||
| 15. Organic Heart Disease | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 36 | 21 | |||
| 16. Bronchitis .. .. .. .. | 53 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 32 | 9 | |||
| 17. Pneumonia (all forms) | 52 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 51 | ||
| 18. Otherdiseasesof respiratory organs | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 19. Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | ||
| 20. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 21. Cirrhosis of Liver .. | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 21a. Alcoholism | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 22. Nephritis & Bright's Disease | 10 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 23. Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 24. Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 25. Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 18 | 16 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 72 | ||
| 26. Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 28. Other Defined Diseases | 185 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 51 | 90 | 183 | ||
| 29. Diseases ill-defined or unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 624 | 52 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 107 | 183 | 216 | 639 | |||
| Sub- Entries, included in above figures | 14 (a). Cerebo-spinal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| 28 (a). Poliomyelitis * * * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
or deaths from pneumonia other than broncho pneumonia, which have been included under 17. Pneumonia all forms).