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The Metropolitan Borough of
REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
For the Year 1910.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
197, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.
Gentlemen,
In this Annual Report for the year 1910, the various statistics for the year
refer to the fifty-two weeks ended Saturday, December 31st, 1910, as adopted by
the Registrar-General, and known as the Registration year.
The various birth and death rates have been corrected as far as possible by
the exclusion of births and deaths of "non-residents" occurring in the Borough
and the inclusion of those of "residents" occurring in institutions outside the
Borough.
The Holborn birth-rate was 19.1 per 1,000, in comparison with 18.3 for the
preceding year. The London rate was 23.6 in comparison with 24.2 for the
preceding year, and was the lowest rate recorded.
The Holborn death-rate was 14.5 per 1,000, the lowest reported, in comparison
with 15.0 for the preceding year. The London death-rate was 12.7 per 1,000 in
comparison with 14.0 for 1909. The lowest death-rates in previous years in
Holborn were 15.7 in 1908 and 16.6 in 1907. The average death-rate for the
preceding decennium was 18.1 per 1,000, and for London 15.7 per 1,000.