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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Seasonal Mortality. The mortality in the four quarters of the year as given in the Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General is shown below:—*
| Death-rate | London | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | per 1,000. | Rate. | |
| First Quarter | 161 | 17.7 | 17.3 |
| Second ,, | 90 | 9.9 | 10.2 |
| Third „ | 89 | 9.8 | 8.9 |
| Fourth ,, | 135 | 14.9 | 12.0 |
| Year. | Deaths under 1 year of age. | Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected legitimate Births. | Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected illegitimate Births. | Deaths under 1 year per 1000 corrected Births. | London. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths under1 year per 1000 Births. | |||||
| 1932 | 25 | 64 | 111 | 72 | 67 |
| 1933 | 24 | 59 | 130 | 70 | 59 |
Death-rate per 1,000 corrected births in 1933 and in ten preceding years.
| 1023 | 1924 | 1925 | 1920 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | Avge. 1923-32 | 1933 | |
| Holborn Borough | 79 | 81 | 63 | 90 | 38 | 57 | 74 | 89 | 74 | 72 | 717 | 70 |
| London | 60 | 60 | 67 | 64 | 59 | 67 | 70 | 59 | 65 | 67 | 64.7 | 59 |
See also Table, page 92.
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.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
Of the total number of 486 deaths, 342 died in hospitals and public institutions
either within or without the Borough.
General Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
In the Annual Report for 1930 detailed information was given as to the health
services provided in the Borough. In addition to the arrangements set out therein,
and in subsequent reports, the following may be noted : —
Legislation in Force. The following came into operation during 1933: —
Acts of Parliament.
Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
* These figures, as published in the Registrar-General's Quarterly Returns for 1933, are
for the 52 weeks ended 30th December, 1933; the complete corrections for the year 1933
increase the number of deaths to 486 and the rate to 13.48 per 1,000. The corresponding
rate for London was 12.2.