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Holborn 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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CORRECTED DEATHS AND DEATH-RATES, 1903.
| District. | Total Deaths at all ages registered in District. | Deaths in Public Institutions in District. | Deaths of nonresidents of Borough registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond the District. | Deaths at all ages. Nett. | Death Rate for 1903. | Corresponding period 1902 (53 weeks). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Borough. | Beyond Borough. | |||||||
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 367 | 125 | 70 | 9 | 190 | 490 | 16.0 | 18.9 |
| Holborn Sub-District | 721 | 462 | 426 | 6 | 272 | 564 | 20.8 | 23.8 |
| Whole Borough | 1,088 | 587 | 496 | r 1_ | 462 | 1,054 | 18.3 | 21.2 |
| Registration London Death-Rate | 15.7 | 17.2 | ||||||
| No. of Deaths. | Death-Rate. | |||||||
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 490 | 16.0 | ||||||
| Holborn Sub-District | 564 | 20.8 | ||||||
| Holborn Borough | 1,054 | 18.3 | ||||||
| London | 72,109 | 15.7 | ||||||
| England and Wales | 514,450 | 15.4 | ||||||
The death-rate for the year 1903 was only 18.3 per 1,000 —the lowest death-rate recorded for Holborn—the
average death-rate for the preceding decennium having been 22-0 per 1,000. The lowest death-rates in previous
years having been 20-0 in 1901, and 20-4 in the years 1894 and 1897.
INFANTILE MORTALITY. The number of deaths of children under five years of age was :—
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 98 |
| Holborn Sub-District | 144 |
| Holborn Borough | 242 |
The number of deaths of children under one year of age, and the number of deaths of children under one year of age per thousand registered births, were the following for :—
| Deaths under 1 year of age. | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 68 | 69 |
| Holborn Sub-District | 86 | 136 |
| Holborn Borough | 154 | 95 |
| London | 17,213 | 131 |
The principal causes of death of these 154 children under one year of age were:—
| Premature Birth | 25 |
| Malnutrition, debility, &c. | 38 |
| Bronchitis | 11 |
| Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 17 |
| Tubercular Diseases | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 |
| Measles | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 |
| Diphtheria | 1 |
| Diarrhæa | 18 |
| Enteritis | 5 |
| Epidemic Influenza | 1 |
| Yenereal Diseases | 4 |
| Septic Disease | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 2 |
| Suffocation in bed and accidental | 5 |
| 154 |