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Holborn 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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APPENDIX. TABLE I. Vital Statistics of whole District during 1906 and Previous Years. Name of District—The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. (Nett.) | All Ages. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1896 (53 weeks) | 67,785 | 1,959 | 28.5 | 331 | 169 | 1,366 | 19.8 | 509 | 380 | 457 | 1,443 | 21.0 |
| 1897 | 67,074 | 1,772 | 26.5 | 289 | 163 | 1,335 | 20.0 | 568 | 447 | 478 | 1,366 | 20.4 |
| 1898 | 66,371 | 1,840 | 27.8 | 336 | 183 | 1,467 | 22.2 | 605 | 461 | 477 | 1,483 | 22.4 |
| 1899 | 65,677 | 1,857 | 28.4 | 298 | 161 | 1,439 | 22.0 | 628 | 471 | 496 | 1,464 | 22.4 |
| 1900 | 64,990 | 1,762 | 27.2 | 311 | 177 | 1,326 | 20.5 | 516 | 412 | 514 | 1,428 | 22.1 |
| 1901 | 59,232 | 1,660 | 28.4 | 203 | 122 | 1,214 | 20.5 | 572 | 481 | 448 | 1,181 | 20.0 |
| 1902 (53 weeks) | 58,542 | 1,646 | 27.7 | 213 | 129 | 1,283 | 21.9 | 627 | 517 | 494 | 1,260 | 21.2 |
| 1903 | 57,861 | 1,621 | 28.1 | 154 | 95 | 1,088 | 18.8 | 587 | 496 | 462 | 1,054 | 18.3 |
| 1904 | 57,188 | 1,632 | 28.6 | 179 | 109 | 1,134 | 19.8 | 596 | 540 | 426 | 1,020 | 17.9 |
| 1905 | 56,522 | 1,601 | 28.4 | 145 | 91 | 1,131 | 20.1 | 680 | 604 | 427 | 954 | 16.9 |
| Averages for years 1896-1905 | 62,124 | 1,735 | 28.0 | 246 | 140 | 1,278 | 20.6 | 589 | 481 | 468 | 1,265 | 20.3 |
| 1906 | 55,865 | 1,640 | 29.7 | 147 | 90 | 1,212 | 21.8 | 745 | 673 | 410 | 949 | 17.0 |
* Rates in columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during
the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths included in Column
12 are the number in Column 7 corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the
addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term " Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness
or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term " Residents " is meant persons
who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public
institutions elsewhere.
N.B.—The years 1896 to 1900 refer to the old area of St. Giles and Holborn Districts Boards of
Works.
Area of District in acres (inclusive of area covered by water) 405.1
Total population at all ages 59,405 at Census of 1901.
Number of inhabited houses 4,703 „ „
Average number of persons per house 12.6 „ „