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Holborn 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I. Name of District—Holborn (Board of Works). For whole District.
| Year | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of age. Nett. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deathsin Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in District. | DeathsofResidents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1890 (53 weeks) | 33,462 | 916 | 26•9 | 204 | 223 | 953 | 28•0 | 317 | 268 | 282 | 967 | 28•4 |
| 1891 | 33,153 | 917 | 27•7 | 209 | 228 | 1,058 | 32•0 | 384 | 318 | 283 | 1,023 | 30•9 |
| 1892 | 32,709 | 885 | 27•1 | 187 | 211 | 917 | 28•1 | 889 | 312 | 292 | 897 | 27•5 |
| 1893 | 32,264 | 864 | 26•9 | 185 | 214 | 967 | 30•1 | 423 | 374 | 293 | 886 | 27•5 |
| 1894 | 31,820 | 832 | 26•2 | 150 | 180 | 787 | 24•8 | 386 | 358 | 231 | 660 | 20•8 |
| 1895 | 31,375 | 821 | 26•2 | 174 | 212 | 831 | 26•6 | 336 | 295 | 274 | 810 | 25•9 |
| 1896 (53 weeks) | 31,102 | 895 | 28•3 | 169 | 189 | 782 | 24•8 | 350 | 315 | 242 | 709 | 22•4 |
| 1897 | 30,680 | 791 | 25•9 | 143 | 181 | 793 | 25•9 | 413 | 382 | 279 | 690 | 22•6 |
| 1898 | 30,263 | 813 | 26•9 | 178 | 219 | 841 | 27•9 | 420 | 376 | 272 | 737 | 24•5 |
| 1899 | 29,853 | 725 | 24•4 | 162 | 223 | 845 | 28•4 | 442 | 409 | 280 | 716 | 24•1 |
| Averages for years 1890-1899 | 31,668 | 846 | 26•7 | 176 | 208 | 877 | 27•7 | 386 | 341 | 273 | 810 | 25•5 |
| 1900 | 29,448 | 744 | 25•3 | 174 | 234 | 799 | 27•2 | 366 | 334 | 284 | 749 | 25•5 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note —The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as
having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in
Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of illness, and dying there ; and
by the term "Residents is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died
elsewhere.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 163
Total population at all ages 33,414 at Census of 1891.
Number of inhabited houses 3,437 ,, ,,
Average number of persons per house 9•7 ,, „
TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1900.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Holborn Sub-division. | St. Sepulchre | Glasshouse Yard. | Holborn Sub-division. | St. Sepulchre | Glasshouse Yard. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and up-wards. | ||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 65 | — | 23 | 27 | 9 | 6 | — | 55 | 9 | 1 | 46 | 9 | 1 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 40 | — | 3 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 4 | — | 15 | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 96 | — | 30 | 53 | 8 | 5 | — | 90 | 5 | 1 | 85 | 4 | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 24 | 1 | — | 6 | 8 | 9 | — | 22 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 225 | 1 | 56 | 88 | 31 | 44 | 5 | 203 | 19 | 3 | 163 | 14 | 2 |
Note.—The Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board are used for the treatment of infectious cases.