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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Holborn 1908

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

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Table: The corrected numbers are as follows:—

The corrected numbers are as follows:—

District.Corrected number of Births of ResidentsCorrected Birth-rate per 1C00.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.1908.1907.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury4122748915.013.9
Holborn6081062724.023.2
Whole Borough1,0204fi1,06619.218.3

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In London the corrected number of births was 122,898, or a rate of 25.2
per 1,000.
In England and Wales the number of births was 942,611, or a rate of 26.5
per 1,000.

Table: MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1908):—

MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1908):—

St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.Total.
Males169441600
Females126336464
Total2877771,064

Table: Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, &c., within the area of the Borough:—

Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, &c., within the area of the Borough:—

INSTITUTION.Residents.Non-Residents.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn,St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.
St. Giles Workhouse5417
French Hospital2128__
British Lying-in Hospital2—13—
Children's Hospital816—414
National Hospital1——40
London Homaepathic Hospital—9—45
Italian Hospital24—15
Alexandra Hospital———7
Private1—1812
Total703166533