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Holborn 1919

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

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TABLE VII. DEATHS FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1919 AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS.

YearSmall Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa. 1Total.
Number.Rate per 1000Number.Rate per 1000Number.Rate per 1100Number.Rate per 1000dumber.Rate per 1000Num ber.Rate per 1000Number.Rate per 1000Number.Rate per 1000
1909140.2730.0830.06150.2910.0270.14430.84
1910130.2640.08160.3240.0860.1243o.86
1911T50.3130.0630.0630.0620.0433*0-67*591.21
1912250.5200.0060.1370.1510.028*0.17*470.98
191370.1500.0040.0860.1300.0212 *0.25*290.16
1914110.2420.0430.0690.1960.1311*0.24*420.90
1915190.4710.02110.27120.3010.02110.27551.37
191630.0820.05100.2640.11-100.26290.76
1917371.0500.0010.0310.03-90.25481.35
191860.1600.0050.14130.3530.0890.24360.98
Average 10 years 1909-1918-150.3510.0250.1190.1920.04120.26430.98
191910-0360.1610.0360.16140.37
London 191910.003560.081370.037200.182100.05490.0114340.3329070.68

* The Registrar General since 1911 has taken the deaths from diarrhœa and enteritis under
two years of age.