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Holborn 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The following is the corrected number of births and the corrected birth-rates for the year 1931: —
| Year. | Total Births. | Legitimate Births. | Illegitimate Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1,000 total Registered Births. | |
| 1931 | 352 | 10.21 | 308 | 8.93 | 875.0 | 44 | 1.28 | 125. 0 |
In London the corrected birth-rate in 1931 was 15.0 per 1,000 in comparison with 15.7 for 1930.
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 1931 being only 10.21 per thousand
in comparison with 18.73 in 1911 (20 years ago).
Mortality.
The total number of deaths registered as occurring in the Borough was 787, of
which 441 were males and 346 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 | 5 | — | 34 | — |
| Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital | — | — | 2 | — |
| Children's Hospital | 1 | 4 | — | 305 |
| National Hospital | — | 3 | — | 125 |
| London Homœopathic Hospital | 3 | 5 | — | 68 |
| Italian Hospital | 1 | 9 | — | 32 |
| St. Paul's Hospital | — | — | 17 | — |
| Private | — | — | 13 | 5 |
| Total | 10 | 21 | 66 | 535 |
There were 303 deaths of civil " residents " in various Workhouses,
Infirmaries, Asylums, Hospitals, etc., outside the Borough, 36 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 1931 gives
the total deaths for the Borough as 492.