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Holborn 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Corrected Births and Birth-Rate.
I received from the Registrar-General information of the births in outlying
institutions in London of 129 legitimate infants and 40 illegitimate infants whose
mothers were residents of the Borough. Nineteen of the births occurring in the
Borough, 13 legitimate and 6 illegitimate, were infants of mothers who were nonresidents
of the Borough. The corrected number of births is therefore 405, and the
corrected birth rate 10-55.
The following table gives the corrected number of births and the corrected birth-rates for the twenty years 1910-1930: —
| Year. | Total Births. | Legitimate Births. | Illegitimate Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1,000 of Population. | No. | Rate per 1,000 of population. | Proportion per 1,000total Registered Births | No. | Bate per 1,000 of population. | Proportion per 1,000total Registered Births. | |
| 1910 | 1,017 | 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 |
| 1926 | 535 | 12.38 | 489 | 11.32 | 914.0 | 46 | 1.06 | 86.0 |
| 1927 | 505 | 11.96 | 452 | 10.71 | 895.0 | 53 | 1.25 | 105.0 |
| 1928 | 473 | 12.04 | 436 | 11.10 | 921.8 | 37 | 0.94 | 78.2 |
| 1929 | 392 | 10.21 | 350 | 9.12 | 892.9 | 42 | 1.09 | 107.1 |
| 1930 | 405 | 10.55 | 354 | 9.22 | 874.1 | 51 | 1.33 | 125.9 |
In London the corrected birth rate in 1930 was 15.7 per 1,000 in comparison with 15.7 for 1929.
In Holborn, as in most other districts, there has been a marked reduction in
the birth-rate in the last 20 years, the rate for 1930 being only 10.55 per thousand
in comparison with 20.27 in 1910 (20 years ago).