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ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1900.
The following are the estimated populations for the following Districts and Sub-Districts at
the middle of the year 1900:-
The Holborn District Board of Works area 29,448
The Holborn Sub-District of the Holborn Borough 27,557
St. Sepulchre 1,526
Glasshouse Yard 636

BIRTH-RATES.
Holborn District Board of Works 25.3
Holborn Sub-District of Holborn Borough 25.5
St. Sepulchre 25.0
Glasshouse Yard 9.4
The birth-rate for the Holborn District in the preceding year was 24.4 per 1,000.
The number of births registered in London was 130,868, giving a rate of 28.6 per 1,000 of
the population, the lowest London birth-rate recorded.
The number in England and Wales was 926,304 or a birth-rate of 28.9.
The excess of births over deaths was 338,845.
DEATHS AND DEATH-RATES.
The number of deaths in the following Holborn District and Sub-Districts after making the
usual corrections (i.e. excluding those of persons who died in Public Institutions, who did not belong to the
District, and including those of persons, who belong to the District but died in Public Institutions
outside the District) were:-
Holborn District Board of Works 749
Holborn Sub-District of the Borough 707
St. Sepulchre 31
Glasshouse Yard 11
and the following were the corrected death-rates per 1,000 of the population:-
Holborn District Board of Works 25.5
Holborn Sub-District of the Borough 25.7
St. Sepulchre 20.4
Glasshouse Yard 17.3
The rate for the Holborn District for the preceding year was 24.1.
In London the corrected number of deaths was 86,007 equal to an annual death-rate of
18.3 per 1,000.
In England and Wales the number was 587,459 giving a death-rate of 18.3 per 1,000.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths of children under five years of age was:-
Holborn District Board of Works 245
Holborn Sub-District the Borough of 232
St. Sepulchre 10
Glasshouse Yard 2
The corresponding number in the Holborn District the Preceding year was 222.