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Holborn 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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There were 347 deaths of Civil "Residents" in various Workhouses,
Infirmaries, Asylums, Hospitals, etc., outside the Borough, 53 of whom were
removed from Common Lodging Houses in the Borough.
The deaths are further corrected by the Registrar-General by the inclusion of
all deaths registered in the calendar year as distinct from the registration year of
52 weeks. This correction, together with deaths transferred from extra
Metropolitan Institutions, accounts for the variation in the number of deaths
given in the four quarterly reports of the Registrar-General and in his Annual
Report. The final correction supplied by the Registrar-General for 1926 gives
the total deaths for the Borough as 522.
| 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. | Death Rate for Borough | Death Rate. Registration London. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 629 | 476 | 454 | 347 | 522 | 12.1 | 11-6 |
| 1925 | 725 | 533 | 513 | 330 | 542 | 12.5 | 11.7 |
For details of causes of and ages at death, see Table II., page 117.
The mortality in the four quarters of the year as given in the Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General is shown below : —
| Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. | London Rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | 151 | 14.0 | 13.5 |
| Second ,, | 139 | 12.9 | 11.1 |
| Third | 103 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| Fourth ,, | 114 | 10.6 | 12.4 |
| 507* | 11.7* | 11.4* | |
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: —
*In these figures as published in the Registrar-General's Quarterly Returns for 1926, the
complete corrections for deaths are not included. These corrections increase the nett
deaths in Holborn to 522 giving a corrected death-rate of 121 per 1,000, the
corresponding rate in London being 11.6 per 1,000.