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Holborn 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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There were also 3 deaths from enteritis during the year, exclusive of
the 7 deaths of children under 1 year of age which are now included under the
heading diarrhœa.
The temperature of the third quarter was 2.8 above the average, and the
rainfall was as much as 3.3 below the average.
Of the 20 deaths from diarrhœal diseases during the summer months 18, or 90
per cent., were artificially fed.
PHTHISIS OR CONSUMPTION.
The number of deaths from phthisis during the year 1906 was 118, equivalent
to a death rate of 2.12 per 1,000; of these 66 belonged to St. Giles and Bloomsbury,
being a death-rate of 2.24 per 1,000, and 52 to the Holborn District, or a deathrate
of l.98 per 1,000.
The corrected number of deaths in London was 6,775, the corresponding
death-rate being l.44 per 1,000.
The number of deaths from other tubercular diseases was 29; of these 13
belonged to St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 16 to the Holborn District.
The following table gives the number of deaths in the Holborn Borough, and the rate per 1,000 and the corresponding rate for London for the ten years, 1897 to 1906, inclusive.
| Year. | Holborn Borough. | London. Rate per 1,000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deatgs. | Rate per 1,000. | ||
| 1897 | 197 | 2.87 | 1.72 |
| 1898 | 220 | 3.26 | 1.74 |
| 1899 | 207 | 3.12 | 1.85 |
| 1900 | 193 | 2.96 | 1.74 |
| 1901 | 166 | 2.81 | 1.66 |
| 1902 | 182 | 3.06 | 1.60 |
| 1903 | 170 | 2.94 | 1.55 |
| 1904 | 157 | 2.75 | 1.62 |
| 1905 | 149 | 2.65 | 1.42 |
| 1906 | 118 | 2.12 | 1.44 |
VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION OF CONSUMPTION.
The Voluntary Notification of Consumption, which was in the first instance
put into force for a period of 12 months from the 1st January, 1904, the fees to
be paid being the same as for the notifiable diseases, was extended to the year
1905, and has since been further extended for the three years 1906-08.
Excluding a few duplicates there were 191 cases notified, 98 belonging to
St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 93 to the Holborn District, The corresponding