Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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| Area of Borough in acres | 405'1 | |||||
| Population—estimated to middle of year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) for birth and death rates | 38,380 | |||||
| Population—Census, 1921 | 43,192 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Total | M. | F. | 392 | |||
| Births | Legitimate | 350 | 160 | 190 | ||
| Illegitimate | 42 | 17 | 25 | |||
| Annual rate of births per 1,000 population | 10.2 | |||||
| Deaths | 598 | |||||
| Annual rate of deaths per 1.000 population | 15.6 | |||||
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth | from sepsis | — | ||||
| „ other causes | — | |||||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1.000 births | 71 | |||||
| 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 100,000 | 110 | |||||
| Excess of registered births over deaths | — | |||||
| Excess of registered deaths over births | 206 | |||||
| * 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Deaths. | ||
| England and Wales | 16.3 | 13.4 | 74 |
| London | 15.7 | 13.8 | 70 |
| Holborn | 10.2 | 15.6 | 74 |