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Holborn 1920

Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Mortality.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough was 827, of which 472
were males and 355 females.

Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, etc., within the area of the Borough:—

INSTITUTION.Residents.Non-Residents.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.
French Hospital3-30-
Children's Hospital215357
National Hospital1_77
London Homoeopathic Hospital31166
Italian Hospital310_16
Alexandra Hospital_-2
Private--154
Total! 13745522

There were 339 deaths of Civil " Residents " in various Workhouses, Infirmaries,
Asylums, Hospitals, etc., outside the Borough, 69 of whom were removed from Common
Lodging Houses in the Borough.

Corrected Deaths and Death-Rates, 1920, compared with 1919.

Year.Total Deaths at all ages registered in District.Deaths in Public Institutions in District.Deaths of nonresidents of Borough registered in District.Deaths of Residents registered beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all ages.D«ath Rat* for Borough.Death Rate. Registration London.
192082759656633960315.2124
1919920639618322624164134

For details of causes of and ages at death, see Appendix, Table II.
Deaths of Children under 15 years of age.
The total number of deaths of children under 15 years of age was 95, of which
55 were under one year of age, 12 from 1 to 2 years, 13 from 2 to 5 years, and 15 from
5 to 15 years.
Infantile Mortality.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age, and the number of deaths
of children under one year of age per 1,000 corrected births, were the following :—