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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 1907

Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health

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In London the corrected number of births was 121,408, or a rate of 25.6
per 1,000.
In England and Wales the number of births was 917,636, or a rate of 26.3
per 1,000.
These birth-rates are the lowest recorded.
MORTALITY.

Table: The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1907): —

The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1907): —

Bloomsbury and St. Giles.Holborn.Total.
Males155473628
Females145361503
Total2978341,131

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 Workhouse47—9—
French Hospital2—37—
British Lying-in Hospital_210_
Children's Hospital715—396
National Hospital1__42
London Homoeopathic Hospital118_—63
Italian Hospital2126
Orthopaedic Hospital___6
Private——125
Total6036685.38

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