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Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following table gives the corrected number of births and the corrected birth-rates for the eighteen years 1908-1925:—
| Year. | Total Births. | Legitimate Births. | Illegitimate Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1,000 of Population. | No. | Rate per 1,000 of population. | Proportion per 1,000 total Registered Births | No. | Rate per 1,000 of population. | Proportion per 1,000 total Registered Births. | |
| 1908 | 1,066 | 20.41 | 1,020 | 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 |
| 1924 | 578 | 13.36 | 532 | 12.30 | 920.4 | 46 | 1.06 | 79.6 |
| 1925 | 527 | 12.16 | 490 | 11.31 | 929.8 | 37 | 0.85 | 70.2 |
In London the corrected birth rate in 1925 was 18.0 per 1,000 in comparison with 18.6 for 1924.
Mortality.
The total number of deaths registered as occurring in the Borough was 725, of
which 389 were males and 336 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 | 3 | — | 37 | — |
| Children's Hospital | 3 | 4 | — | 290 |
| National Hospital | 1 | 1 | — | 87 |
| London Homœopathic Hospital | 4 | 10 | _ | |
| Italian Hospital | 2 | _ | 15 | |
| Private | — | — | 11 | 5 |
| Total | 13 | 23 | 48 | 465 |