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Holborn 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Corrected Births and Birth.Rate.
I received from the Registrar.General information of the births in outlying
institutions in London of 114 legitimate infants and 34 illegitimate infants whose
mothers were residents of the Borough. Twelve of the births occurring in the
Borough, 7 legitimate and 5 illegitimate, were infants of mothers who were nonresidents
of the Borough.
The following table gives the corrected number of births and the corrected birth.rates for the twenty years 1909.1929:—
| Total Births. | Legitimate Births. | Illegitimate Births. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | 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 1,100 total Registered Births. |
| 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 | 5.3 | 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 | 9140 | 46 | 1.06 | 86.0 |
| 1927 | 505 | 11 .96 | 452 | 10.71 | 895 0 | 53 | 1.25 | 105.0 |
| 1928 | 473 | 12 04 | 436 | 11.10 | 921.8 | 37 | 0.94 | 78.2 |
| 1929 | 392 | 10.21 | 350 | 912 | 892.9 | 42 | 1.09 | 107.1 |
| In London the corrected birth.rate in 1929 was 15'7 per 1,000 in comparison with 15 9 for 1928. | ||||||||
In Holborn, as in most other districts, there has been a marked reduction in
the birth.rate in the last '20 years, the rate for 1929, only 10.21 per thousand, being
the lowest on record.