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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1923
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The following table gives the corrected number of births and the corrected birth-rates for the sixteen years 1908-1923:—
| Year. | Total Births. | Legitimate Births. | Illegitimate Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1000 of Population. | No. | Rate per 1000 of population. | Proportion per 1000 total Registered Births | No. | Rate per 1000 of population. | Proportion per 1000 total Registered Births. | |
| 1908 | 1066 | 20.41 | 1020 | 19.53 | 956.8 | 46 | 0.88 | 43.2 |
| 1909 | 986 | 19.26 | 935 | 18.27 | 948.2 | 51 | 0.99 | 51.8 |
| 1910 | 1017 | 20.27 | 959 | 19.11 | 943.0 | 58 | 1.16 | 57.0 |
| 1911 | 920 | 18.73 | 865 | 17.61 | 940.2 | 55 | 1.12 | 59.8 |
| 1912 | 901 | 18.76 | 835 | 17.38 | 926.7 | 66 | 1.38 | 73.3 |
| 1913 | 798 | 16.99 | 743 | 15.82 | 931.1 | 55 | 1.17 | 68.9 |
| 1914 | 765 | 16.33 | 705 | 15.05 | 921.6 | 60 | 1.28 | 78.4 |
| 1915 | 670 | 14.44 | 616 | 13.28 | 919.4 | 54 | 1.16 | 80.6 |
| 1916 | 649 | 15.63 | 585 | 14.09 | 901.4 | 64 | 1.54 | 98.6 |
| 1917 | 571 | 14.50 | 496 | 12.60 | 868.7 | 75 | 1.90 | 131.3 |
| 1918 | 497 | 12.06 | 428 | 10.38 | 861.2 | 69 | 1.68 | 138.8 |
| 1919 | 539 | 13.56 | 477 | 12.00 | 885.0 | 62 | 1.56 | 115.0 |
| 1920 | 827 | 20.84 | 749 | 18.87 | 905.7 | 78 | 1.97 | 94.3 |
| 1921 | 648 | 14.88 | 593 | 13.62 | 915.1 | 55 | 1.26 | 84.9 |
| 1922 | 664 | 15.49 | 602 | 14.04 | 906.6 | 62 | 1.45 | 93.4 |
| 1923 | 595 | 13.71 | 547 | 12.61 | 919.3 | 48 | 1.10 | 80.7 |
In London the corrected birth-rate in 1923 was 20.2 per 1000 in comparison with 21.0 for 1922.
Mortality.
The total number of deaths registered as occurring in the Borough was 718, of
which 386 were males and 332 females.
Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, etc., within the area of the Borough:—
| Institution. | Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | |
| French Hospital | 2 | 2 | 33 | – |
| Children's Hospital | – | 2 | – | 269 |
| National Hospital | 1 | 2 | – | 85 |
| London Homœopathic Hospital | 2 | 15 | – | 65 |
| Italian Hospital | 1 | 3 | – | 19 |
| Alexandra Hospital | – | – | – | – |
| Private | – | – | 14 | 6 |
| Total | 6 | 24 | 47 | 444 |