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Holborn 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: Seasonal Mortality. The mortality in the four quarters of the year as given in the Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General is shown below : —

Seasonal Mortality. 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 Quarter26927.624.1
Second ,,11811.211.4
Third838.58.9
Fourth ,,11511.711.1
585*14.7*13.9

Table: 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:—

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:—

Year.Deaths under 1 year of age.Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected legitimate Births.Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 corrected illegitimate Births.Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected Births.London.
Deaths under 1 year per 1000 Births.
19282757545767
19292977487470

Table: Death-rate per 1,000 corrected births in 1929 and in ten preceding years.

Death-rate per 1,000 corrected births in 1929 and in ten preceding years.

1919192019211922192319241925192019271928Avge, 1919-281929
Holborn Borough9666797279816390385772.174
London8575807460696764596770.070
See also Table, page 112.

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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.
"These figures, as published in the Registrar-General's Quarterly Returns for 1929, are
for the 52 weeks ended 28th December; the complete corrections for the year 1929 increase
the number of deaths to 598 and the rate to 15.6 per 1,000. The corresponding rate for
London was 13.8.