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Holborn 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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APPENDIX. TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1926 and Ten Previous Years.
| Year | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District | Transferable Deaths | Net Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age | At all Ages | |||||||||||
| Uncorrected Number | Net | Number | Rate | of Nonresidents registered in the District | of Residents not registered in the District | Number | Rate per 1,000 Births | Number | Rata | |||
| Number | Kate | |||||||||||
| 1916 | 38,161 | 534 | 619 | 15.7 | 768 | 20.2 | 498 | 395 | 63 | 97 | 665 | 17.5 |
| 1917 | 35,303 | 474 | 571 | 14.5 | 865 | 21.5 | 567 | 390 | 62 | 107 | 688 | 19.5 |
| 1918 | 3g,769 | 310 | 497 | 12.1 | 862 | 23.4 | 532 | 490 | 70 | 141 | 820 | 22.3 |
| 1919 | 38,156 | 397 | 539 | 13.6 | 920 | 24.1 | 618 | 322 | 52 | 96 | 624 | 16.4 |
| 1920 | 39,676 | 619 | 20.6 | 827 | 20.6 | 568 | 339 | 55 | 66 | 603 | 15.2 | |
| 1921 | 43,520 | 483 | 648 | 11.8 | 859 | 19.7 | 622 | 319 | 51 | 79 | 556 | 12.8 |
| 1922 | 42,850 | 485 | 66t | 15.5 | 746 | 17.4 | 513 | 312 | 43 | 72 | 570 | 13.3 |
| 1923 | 41.376 | 423 | 593 | 13.7 | 718 | 16.6 | 491 | 300 | 47 | 79 | 526 | 12.1 |
| 1924 | 43,250 | 394 | 578 | 13 .36 | 670 | 15.5 | 470 | 329 | 47 | 81 | 529 | 12.2 |
| 1925 | 43,315 | 364 | 527 | 12.16 | 725 | 16 ??? | 513 | 330 | 33 | 63 | 542 | 12 .5 |
| 1926 | 43,200 | 330 | 635 | 12 .38 | 629 | 14.6 | 454 | 347 | 48 | 90 | 522 | 12.1 |
In the above table the population, birth rate and death rate are as estimated by
me Registrar-General, founded upon his estimates of the civilian population.