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 | ||||||
Resident population —estimated to middle of 1935 (as supplied by the Registrar-General) for birth and death rates | 35,400 | ||||||
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 | ||||||
Total | M. | F. | |||||
Live Births | Legitimate | 229 | 125 | 1041 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the esti-mated resident population 7.65 | ||
Illegitimate | 42 | 20 | 22 | ||||
Stillbirths | 12 | — | — | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 42.4 | |||
Deaths | 420 | 255 | 165 | Death 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 sepsis | 1 | 3.53 | |||||
No. 30 Other Puerperal causes | — | ||||||
Total | 1 | 3.53 | |||||
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:— | |||||||
All infants per 1,000 live births | 88 | ||||||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 78 | ||||||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 143 | ||||||
Deaths from measles (all ages) | 0 | ||||||
,, „ whooping cough (all ages) | 2 | ||||||
,, „ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 | ||||||
Tuberculosis, all causes, death-rate per 100,000 | 84.7 | ||||||
Excess of registered births over deaths | — | ||||||
Excess of registered deaths over births | 149 |
Vital Statistics, 1935.
England and Wales, London and Holborn.
Annual Rates per 1,000 living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | ||
England and Wales | 14.7 | 11.7 | 57 |
London | 13.3 | 11.4 | 58 |
Holborn | 7.65 | 12.7 |