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Holborn 1932

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

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Table: The following is the corrected number of births and the corrected birth-rates for the year 1932 : —

The following is the corrected number of births and the corrected birth-rates for the year 1932 : —

Year.Total Births.Legitimate Births.Illegitimate Births.
No.Rate per 1,000 of Population.No.Kate 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.
19323499.572958.09845.3541.48154.7

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In London the corrected birth rate in 1932 was 14.3 per 1,000 in comparison with 15.0 for 1931.
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 1932 being only 9.57 per thousand
in comparison with 18-8 in 1912.
Mortality.
The total number of deaths registered as occurring in the Borough was 773, of
which 448 were males and 325 females.

Table: Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, etc., within the area of the Borough:—

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 Bloomshury.Holborn.
French Hospital4-29-
Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital--3-
Children's Hospital19-312
National Hospital-2-121
London Homoeopathic Hospital15-68
Italian Hospital13-19
St. Paul's Hospital1131-
Private-3717
Total82370537

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There were 351 deaths of civil "residents" in various Workhouses,
Infirmaries, Asylums, Hospitals, etc., outside the Borough, 37 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 1932 gives
the total deaths for the Borough as 517.