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Holborn 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Year. | Deaths under one year of age. | Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected legitimate Births. | Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected illegitimate Births. | Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected Births. | London. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths under 1 year per 1000 Births. | |||||
| 1920 | 55 | 60 | 128 | 66 | 9025 | 75 |
| 1919 | 52 | 75 | 258 | 96 | — | 85 |
Death-rate per 1,000 corrected births in 1920 and in ten preceding years during which details respecting births have been supplied.
| 1910.. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913 | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | Av'ge 1910-19 | 1920. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holborn Borough | 100 | 113 | 78 | 100 | 88 | 96 | 97 | 107 | 141 | 96 | 102 | 66 |
| London | l°3 | 129 | 91 | 105 | IOI | 112 | 89 | i°3 | j°7 | 85 | I°3 | 75 |
See also Appendix, Table III.
Poor Law and Hospital Relief.
The Clerk to the Guardians of the Holborn Union has kindly supplied me with the following information relating to persons from the Holborn Division of the Union who received Poor Law Relief during the year 1920.
| Number of Persons | |
| Indoor Relief | 1,219 |
| Outdoor Relief | 346 |
| Outdoor Medical Relief | 46 |
| Total 1,611 |
Of the total number of deaths 3S7 died in hospitals and public institutions either
within or without the Borough.
Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough.
Scavenging.
The removal of house and trade refuse which was transferred to the Public Health
Department in June, 1905, is carried out by Contract. The number of complaints
received was gradually reduced until in 1913, the year before the war, only seven genuine
complaints respecting the non-removal of house refuse were received from householders
in the whole Borough.
In the main thoroughfares and in a number of other principal streets, there is a
daily collection. In the remainder of the streets before the war there used to be a
collection at least twice in every week. During the War in a number of streets in which
there was not a daily collection, it was found to be impracticable to continue the