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Holborn 1911

Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health

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During the seven years 1904-1910 the average death-rate in common lodging
houses in Holborn per 1,000 beds was about 20. Also during the past eight years
more than 30 per cent. of the deaths from phthisis in Holborn had been residents
in common lodging houses in the Borough.
During the past year of the 96 deaths, 31 had been removed to infirmaries
from common lodging houses in the Borough, 16 from St. Giles and Bloomsbury,
and 15 from the Holborn District.
The corrected number of deaths in London was 6,084, equal to a rate of l-35
per 1,000, in comparison with 1.23 for 1910.

Table: The following table gives the number of deaths in the Holborn Borough and the death-rates per 1,000 (crude and corrected for sex and age distribution of the Holborn population in comparison with London) and the corresponding rates for London, for the 11 years 1901-1911.

The following table gives the number of deaths in the Holborn Borough and the death-rates per 1,000 (crude and corrected for sex and age distribution of the Holborn population in comparison with London) and the corresponding rates for London, for the 11 years 1901-1911.

Year.Holborn Borough.London. Rate per 1,000
Deaths.Death-Rate per 1,000.
Crude.Corrected.
19011662.812.471.66
19021823.082.711.61
19031702.982.621.57
19041572.802.461.65
19051492.712.381.46
19061182.181.921.49
19071252.362.071.46
19081051.971.731.39
19091082.111.851.40
1910981.961.721.23
1911961.961.721.35

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VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION OF CONSUMPTION.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1908.
The Voluntary Notification of Consumption 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; it has been extended from
time to time, on the last occasion for three years 1909-11 inclusive.
As a large proportion of the voluntary notifications formerly received were
Poor Law cases, the great majority are now compulsory notifications under the
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908. Excluding many duplicate
notifications, there were 187 cases notified; 68 belonging to St. Giles and
Bloomsbury and 119 to the Holborn District. The corresponding numbers for
the year 1910 were respectively 170, 61 and 119.