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Holborn 1910

Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: The corrected numbers are as follows:—

The corrected numbers are as follows:—

District.Corrected number of Births of Residents.Corrected Birth-rate per 1000.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.1910.1909.
St. liiles and Bloomsbury3663139714.214.1
Holborn5932762024.723.1
Whole Borough959581,01719.118.3

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In London the corrected number of births was 114,870, or a rate of 23.6
per 1,000.
In England and Wales the number of births was 897,100, or a rate of 24.8
per 1,000.

Table: MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1910):—

MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1910):—

St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.Total.
Males133396529
Females94320414
Total227716943

Table: Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, &c., within the area of the Borough : —

Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, &c., within the area of the Borough : —

INSTITUTION.Residents.Non-Residents.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn,St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.
St. Giles Workhouse29–8–
French Hospital2–24–
British Lying-in Hospital––19–
Children's Hospital18–362
National Hospital11–63
London Homœopathic Hospital16–32
Italian Hospital14–31
Alexandra Hospital–––10
Private1–135
Total361964503