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Holborn 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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HOL 38
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HOLBORN.
Abridged Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Year 1940.
| POPULATION | "Registrar General's estimated Population" mid-1940 | 23,470. | |||
| LIVE BIRTHS | Total | M. | F. | Birth rate per 1000 Estimated Population | 9.29 |
| Legitimate | 184 | 92 | 92 | ||
| Illegitimate | 34 | 23 | 11 | ||
| STILLBIRTHS | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||
| total (live and still) births Rate per 1,000 | 43.86 | ||||
| DEATHS | 504 | 21.47 | |||
| Death Rate adjusted by area comparability factor | 21.26 | ||||
| DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES | |||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1000, total live and still births. | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0 | ||||
| Other Puerperal Causes | 0 | 0 | |||
| DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 64.22 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 live legitimate births | 54.35 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births | 117.65 | ||||
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS
The total number of notified births, including stillbirths,
occurring in the Borough were 59. Of this number
4 were notified by Medical Practitioners, 49 by Midwives
and 6 by other persons.
CLASSIFICATION 0F DEATHS
The causes of deaths (504) were as follows:-
Cerebro-spinal fever 1. Tuberculosis of respiratory
pystera 21. Other forms of tuberculosis Syphilitic
diseases 5. Influenza 2. Measles 1. Cancer of
Buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) uterus (F) 8.
Cancer of stomach and duodenum 7. Cancer of breast 3.
Cancer of all other sites 27. Diabetes 2. Intracranial
vaeuclar disease 24. Heart disease 104. Other
diseases of circulatory system 11. Bronchitis 41.
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