London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1923
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Death-rate per 1,000 corrected births in 1923 and in ten preceding years during which details respecting births have been supplied.
| 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | Av'ge, 1913-22 | 1923 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holborn Borough | ||||||||||||
| London | 105 | 101 | 112 | 89 | 103 | 107 | 85 | 75 | 80 | 74 | 93.1 | 60 |
See also Table, page 69.
Attention was again directed to the figures respecting infantile deaths
published in the Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General. The figures on
which the rate given in these reports are based are necessarily only partly
corrected; the final correction including the transference of births in institutions
to the residential area of the parents is made before the publication of the
Registrar-General's Annual Report. The corrections considerably modify the
Holborn rates as will be seen from the following figures:—
Year 1923.
Infantile Death-rate in Holborn per 1000 Births
Registrar General's Quarterly Report
Corrected
1st Quarter 117 78
2nd „ 81 69
3rd „ 80 68
4th 147 102
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 1923:—
| Indoor Relief | 1,136 persons |
| Outdoor Relief | 437 cases |
| Outdoor Medical Relief | 294 persons |
Of the total number of 526 deaths, 329 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 is carried out by contract. In the
main thoroughfares, and in a number of other principal streets, there is a daily
collection. In the remainder of the streets the collection is twice weekly.
During the year arrangements were made with the contractor for the gradual
substitution of motor vehicles in place of horse-drawn wagons for the removal of
house and trade refuse.