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Holborn 1906

Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: CORRECTED DEATHS AND DEATH RATES, 1906.

CORRECTED DEATHS AND DEATH RATES, 1906.

District.Total Deaths at all ages registered in District.Deaths in Public Institutions in District.Deaths of nonresidents of Borough regist ered in District.Deaths of Residents registered beyond the District.Deaths at all ages. Nett.Death Rate for 1906.Corresponding eriod 1605.
In Borough.Beyond Borough.
Bloomsbury and St. Giles31396571018644315.015.2
Holborn Sub-District899649616922450619.318.9
Whole Borough121274567341094917.016.9
Registration London71,155151151
No. of Deaths.Death-Rate.
Bloomsbury and St. Giles44315.0
Holborn Sub-District50619.3
Holborn Borough94917.0
London71,15515.1
England and Wales530,71515.4

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The death-rate for the year 1905 was only l6.9 per 1000—the lowest death-rate recorded for Holborn—the
average death-rate for the preceding decenniuni having been 20.3 per 1000. The lowest death-rates in previous
years having been 17-9 in 1904, 18 3 in 1903, and 20 0 in 1901.

Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY.The number of deaths of children under five years of age was:—

INFANTILE MORTALITY.

The number of deaths of children under five years of age was:—

St. Giles and Bloomsbury92
Holborn Sub-District135
Holborn Borough227

Table: The number of deaths of children under one year of age, and the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 total registered births and per 1000 corrected births, were the following for:—

The number of deaths of children under one year of age, and the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 total registered births and per 1000 corrected births, were the following for:—

Deaths under 1 year of age.Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births.Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 corrected births.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury6362130
Holborn Sub-District84135126
Holborn Borough14790128
London16,307131

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The principal causes of death of these 147 children under one year of age
are given in table V. of the Appendix.