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Holborn 1913

[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 Residents.Corrected Birth-rate per 1000.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.1913.1912.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury2773531213.014.5
Holborn4662048620.523.2
Whole Borough7435579816.718.8

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In London the corrected number of births was 112,637, or a rate of 24.5
per 1,000, the same rate as for 1912.

Table: MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1913):—

MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1913):—

St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.Total.
Males121372493
Females86331417
Total207703910

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 Workhouse26-4-
French Hospital3-35-
British Lying-in Hospital--1-
Children's Hospital211-357
National Hospital-——54
London Homoeopathic Hospital-15-76
Italian Hospital13—23
Alexandra Hospital———4
Private-—236
Total322963520

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There were 358 deaths of "Residents" in various Workhouses, Infirmaries,
Asvlums, Hospitals, &c., outside the Borough, 92 of whom were removed from
Common Lodging Houses in the Borongh. Of the total, 190 formerly resided
in St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 168 in the Holborn District.
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