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Holborn 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: Seasonal Mortality.The mortality in the four qurarters ofthe year as given in the Quarterly Reportly of the Registrar-General is shown below:-

Seasonal Mortality.The mortality in the four qurarters ofthe year as given in the Quarterly Reportly of the Registrar-General is shown below:-

Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000.London Rate.
First Quarter ...13213'813.7
Second ,,13013'610.8
Third „93979.3
Fourth „13513111.7
49012 8111.4

Table: Infantile Mortality. The number of death of children under one year of age. and the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 corrected births, were the following;-

Infantile Mortality. The number of death of children under one year of age. and the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 corrected births, were the following;-

Year.Deaths under 1 year of age.Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected legitimate Births.Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected illegitimate Births.Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected Births.London.
Deaths under 1 year per 1000 Births.
193036851188959
19292977487470

Table: Death-rate per 1,000 corrected births in 1930 and in ten preceding years.

Death-rate per 1,000 corrected births in 1930 and in ten preceding years.

1920192119221923192419251926192719281929Avge, 1920-291930
Holborn Borough6679727981639038577469.989
London7580746069676459677068.559

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See also Table, page 119.
The figures on which the rates given in the Registrar-General's Quarterly
Reports are based are necessarily only partly corrected; the final correction
including the transference of births in institutions to the residential area of the
parents is made before the publication of the Registrar-General's Annual Report.
Poor Law and Hospital Relief.
The Local Public Assistance Officer has kindly supplied me with the following
information relating to persons from the Holborn Division of the Union who
received Poor Law Relief during the year 1930:—
Indoor Relief 1,215 persons
Outdoor Relief 321 cases
Outdoor Medical Relief 185 persons
* These figures, as published in the Registrar-General's Quarterly Returns for 1930, are
for the 53 weeks ended 3rd January, 1931; tho complete corrections for the year 1930
decrease the number of deaths to 488 and the rate to 12.7 per 1,000. The corresponding
rate for London was 11.4.