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Holborn 1922

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922

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The following table gives the number of corrected births and the corrected birth-rates for the fifteen years 1908-1922: —

Year.Total Births.Legitimate Births.Illegitimate Births.
No.Rate per 1000.No.Rate per1000 of population.Proportion per 1000 total Registered BirthsNo.Bate per 1000 of population.Proportion per 1000 total Registered Births.
1908106620.41102019.53956.8460.8843.2
190998619.2693518.27948.2510.9951.8
1910101720.2795919.11943.0581.1657.0
191192018.7386517.61940.2551.1259.8
191290118.7683517.38926.7661.3873.3
191379816.9974315.82931.1551.1768.9
191476516.3370515.05921.6601.2878.4
191567014.446161328919.4541.1680.6
191664915.6358514.09901.46415498.6
191757114.5049612.60868.7751.90131.3
1918497120642810.38861.2691.68138.8
1919539135647712.00885.0621.56115.0
192082720.8474918.87905.7781.9794.3
192164814.8859313.62915.1551.2684.9
192266415.4960214.04906.6621.4593.4

In London the corrected birth-rate in 1922 was 21.0 per 1000 in comparison with 22.3 for 1921,
Mortality.
The total number of deaths registered as occurring in the Borough was 746 of
which 399 were males and 347 females.

Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, etc., within the urea of the Borough:—

Institution.Residents.Non-Residents.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.p
French Hospital1_28
Children's Hospital7257
National Hospital_2_69
London Homoeopathic Hospital28-89
Italian Hospital2435
Alexandra Hospital_
Private235
Total52151455