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Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Death-rate per 1,000 corrected births in 1925 and in ten preceding years during which details respecting births have been supplied.
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | Av'ge, 1915-24 | 1925 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holborn Borough | 96 | 97 | 107 | 141 | 96 | 66 | 79 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 91.4 | 63 |
| 112 |
See also Table, page 97.
The figures on which the rates given in the Registrar-General's Quarterly
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 1925. | Infantile Death-rate in Holborn per 1,0~0 Births | |
|---|---|---|
| Registrar-General's Quarterly Report | Corrected | |
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 1925:—
| Indoor Relief | 1,241 persons |
| Outdoor Relief | 419 cases |
| Outdoor Medical Relief | 309 persons |
Of the total number of 542 deaths, 366 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.
The Council has made arrangements with the contractor for the
substitution of motor vehicles in place of horse-drawn waggons for the removal of
house and trade refuse.
In a very large majority of the houses in the Borough, the old large fixed
ashpits have been replaced by movable sanitary ashbins.
The number of notices served for the absence of, or defective, ashbins was ???.