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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 1936
[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 1936 (as supplied by the Registrar-General) for birth and death rates 34,850 | |
| Number of inhabited houses (1931) 6,462 | |
| Number of private families or separate occupiers (1931) 9,355 | |
| Rateable value 1st October, 1936 £1,640,325 | |
| Rate of Id. in the £ estimated to yield £6,355 | |
| Total M. F. | |
| Live Births (Legitimate 257 139 118) Birth Rate per 1,000 of the esti I11egitimate 32 19 131 mated resident population 8.29 | |
| Stillbirths 9 5 4 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 30.2 | |
| Deaths 418 220 198 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 11 .99 | |
| 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 Nil | — |
| No. 30 Other Puerperal causes Nil | - |
| Total — | - |
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :— | |
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 62 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 47 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 187 .5 |
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | 2 |
| „ whooping cough (all ages) | |
| „ „ diarrhoa (under 2 years of age) | 3 |
| Tuberculosis, all causes, death-rate per 100,000 | 1004 |
| Excess of registered births over deaths | — |
| Excess of registered deaths over births | 129 |
| Annual Rates per 1,000 living | Deaths undur 1 year to 1,000 Births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | ||
| England and Wales | 148 | 12.1 | 59 |
| London | 13.6 | 12.5 | 66 |
| Holborn | 8.29 | 11.99 | 62 |