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Holborn 1929

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

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. Statistical Summary, 1929.

Area of Borough in acres405'1
Population—estimated to middle of year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) for birth and death rates38,380
Population—Census, 192143,192
Number of inhabited houses (1921)6,494
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921)9,682
Rateable value 1st November, 1929£1,601,578
Rate of Id. in the £ estimated to yield£6,603
TotalM.F.392
BirthsLegitimate350160190
Illegitimate421725
Annual rate of births per 1,000 population10.2
Deaths598
Annual rate of deaths per 1.000 population15.6
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirthfrom sepsis
„ other causes
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1.000 births71
Deaths from measles (all ages)
„ „ whooping cough (all ages)7
,, ,, diarrhœa (under two years of age)3
Zymotic death rate*0'25
Tuberculosis death-rate per 100,000110
Excess of registered births over deaths
Excess of registered deaths over births206
* Excluding deaths from Epidemic diarrhœa.

Vital Statistics, 1929. England and Wales, London and Holborn.

Annual Rates per 1,000 living.Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births.
BirthsDeaths.
England and Wales16.313.474
London15.713.870
Holborn10.215.674