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Holborn 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Corrected Births and Birth-Bate.
I received from the Registrar-General information of the births in outlying
institutions in London of 162 legitimate infants and 35 illegitimate infants whose
mothers were residents of the Borough. Twelve of the births occurring in the
Borough, all legitimate, were infants of mothers who were non-residents of the
Borough.
The following table gives the corrected number of births and the corrected birth-rates for the twenty years 1908-1927:—
| Year. | Total Births. | Legitimate Births. | Illegitimate Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1,000 of Population. | No. | Rate per 1,000 of population. | Proportion per 1,000 total Registered Births | No. | Rate per 1,000 of population. | Proportion per 1,000 total Registered Births. | |
| 1908 | 1,066 | 20.41 | 1,020 | 19.53 | 956.8 | 46 | 0.88 | 43.2 |
| 1909 | 986 | 19.26 | 935 | 18.27 | 948.2 | 51 | 0.99 | 51.8 |
| 1910 | 1,017 | 20.27 | 959 | 19.11 | 943.0 | 58 | 1.16 | 57.0 |
| 1911 | 920 | 18.73 | 865 | 17.61 | 940.2 | 55 | 1.12 | 59.8 |
| 1912 | 901 | 18.76 | 835 | 17.38 | 926.7 | 66 | 1.38 | 73.3 |
| 1913 | 798 | 16.99 | 743 | 15.82 | 931.1 | 55 | 1.17 | 68.9 |
| 1914 | 765 | 16.33 | 705 | 15.05 | 921.6 | 60 | 1.28 | 78.4 |
| 1915 | 670 | 14.44 | 616 | 13.28 | 919.4 | 54 | 1.16 | 80.6 |
| 1916 | 649 | 15.63 | 585 | 14.09 | 901.4 | 64 | 1.54 | 98.6 |
| 1917 | 571 | 14.50 | 496 | 12.60 | 868.7 | 75 | 1.90 | 131.3 |
| 1918 | 497 | 12.06 | 428 | 10.38 | 861.2 | 69 | 1.68 | 138.8 |
| 1919 | 539 | 13.56 | 477 | 12.00 | 885.0 | 62 | 1.56 | 115.0 |
| 1920 | 827 | 20.84 | 749 | 18.87 | 905.7 | 78 | 1.97 | 94.3 |
| 1921 | 648 | 14.88 | 593 | 13.62 | 915.1 | 55 | 1.26 | 84.9 |
| 1922 | 664 | 15.49 | 602 | 14.04 | 906.6 | 62 | 1.45 | 93.4 |
| 1923 | 595 | 13.71 | 547 | 12.61 | 919.3 | 48 | 1.10 | 80.7 |
| 1924 | 578 | 13.36 | 532 | 12.30 | 920.4 | 46 | 1.06 | 79.6 |
| 1925 | 527 | 12.16 | 490 | 11.31 | 929.8 | 37 | 0.85 | 70.2 |
| 1926 | 535 | 12.38 | 489 | 11.32 | 914.0 | 46 | 1.06 | 86.0 |
| 1927 | 505 | 11.96 | 452 | 10.71 | 895.0 | 53 | 1.25 | 105.0 |
In London the corrected birth-rate in 1927 was 16.1 per 1,000 in comparison with 17.1 for 1926.