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Holborn 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Mortality.
The total number of deaths registered as occurring in the Borough was 766, of
which 415 were males and 351 females.
Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, etc., within the area of the Borough:—
| Institution. | Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | |||
| French Hospital | — | — | 39 | — | ||
| Children's Hospital | — | 2 | — | 264 | ||
| National Hospital | — | 2 | — | 90 | ||
| London Homoeopathic Hospital | 1 | 9 | — | 65 | ||
| Italian Hospital | 2 | 7 | — | 43 | ||
| St. Paul's Hospital | — | 1 | 24 | — | ||
| Private | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||
| Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| Total | 3 | 21 | 84 | 465 | ||
There were 377 deaths of civil "residents" in various Workhouses,
Infirmaries, Asylums, Hospitals, etc., outside the Borough, 66 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 1929 gives
the total deaths for the Borough as 598.
Corrected Deaths and Death-Rates, 1929. compared with 1928.
| Year. | Total Deaths atall 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 739 | 574 | 546 | 338 | 531 | 13.5 | 11.6 |
| 1929 | 766 | 554 | 545 | 377 | 598 | 15.6 | 13.8 |
For details of causes of and ages at death, see Table II., page 130.
The principal cause of increase in the death-rate, as compared with 1928, was
the deaths from influenza, 44 as compared with only 3 in the preceding year.