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Holborn 1906

Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: The corrected numbers are as follows:—

The corrected numbers are as follows:—

District.Corrected number of Births of Residents.Corrected Birth-rate per 1000.
Legitimate.IllegitimateTotal.1906.1905.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury4572748416.416.8
Holborn6491666525.324.2
Whole Borough110643114920.620.3

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In London the number of births was 124,880 or a rate of 26.5 per 1000.
In England and Wales the number of births was 934,391, or a rate of 27.0
per 1000.

Table: MORTALITY.The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1906):—

MORTALITY.

The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1906):—

Bloomsbury and St. Giles.Holborn.Total.
Males178494672
Females135405540
Total3138991212

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 Workhouse35416—
French Hospital3—23—
British Lying-in Hospital1410—
Children's Hospital713—502
National Hospital———41
London Homœpathic Hospital312_—50
Italian Hospital—1—16
Orthopoedic Hospital—1—3
Private—184
Total493657616