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Holborn 1935

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

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.Statistical Summary, 1935.

Area of Borough in acres405.1
Resident population —estimated to middle of 1935 (as supplied by the Registrar-General) for birth and death rates35,400
Number of inhabited houses (1931)6,462
Number of private families or separate occupiers (1931)9,355
Rateable value 1st October, 1935£1,752,351
Rate of 1d. in the £ estimated to yield£6,708
TotalM.F.
Live BirthsLegitimate2291251041Birth Rate per 1,000 of the esti-mated resident population 7.65
Illegitimate422022
Stillbirths12Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 42.4
Deaths420255165Death Rate per 1,000 of the esti-mated resident population 11.7
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's
Short List):—Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
No. 29 Puerperal sepsis13.53
No. 30 Other Puerperal causes
Total13.53
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births88
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births78
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births143
Deaths from measles (all ages)0
,, „ whooping cough (all ages)2
,, „ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)4
Tuberculosis, all causes, death-rate per 100,00084.7
Excess of registered births over deaths
Excess of registered deaths over births149

Vital Statistics, 1935.

England and Wales, London and Holborn.

Annual Rates per 1,000 living.Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births.
Births.Deaths.
England and Wales14.711.757
London13.311.458
Holborn7.6512.7