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Holborn 1915

Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health

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The following are the revised estimates of civil populations at the middle of
the year 1915:—
St. Giles and Bloomsbury 20,594
Holborn Sub-District 19,811
Holborn Borough 40,405
London 4,310,030

Table: REGISTERED BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATES.

REGISTERED BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATES.

District.Males.Females.Both Sexes.Birth rate per 1,000
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury1231352401825811.0
Holborn1701668241233614.5
Whole Borough2933015643059412.7

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Note.—The birth-rates for 1915, as suggested by the Registrar-General, have been based
upon the existing estimates of total population for 1914 as the births registered are not only those
of the children of civilians.
CORRECTED BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATES.
I received from the Registrar-General information of the births in outlying
institutions in London of 74 legitimate infants and 35 illegitimate infants whose
mothers were residents of the Borough. 22 of the 564 legitimate births and 11
of the 30 illegitimate births were infants of mothers who were non-residents of
the Borough.

Table: The corrected numbers therefore are as follows:—

The corrected numbers therefore are as follows:—

District.Corrected number of Births of Residents.Corrected Birth-rate per 1000.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.1915.1914.
Whole Borough6165467014.416.4

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In London the corrected number of births was 101,649, or a rate of 22.6
per 1,000, in comparison with 24.3 for 1914.