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Holborn 1938

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

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.Statistical Summary, 1938.

Area of Borough in acres405 1
Resident population—estimated to middle of 1938 (as supplied by the Registrar-General) for birth and death rates34,350
Number of inhabited houses (1931)6,462
Number of private families or separate occupiers (1931)9,355
Rateable value 1st October, 1938£1,690,538
Rate of Id in the £ estimated to yield£6,616
TotalM.F.
Live Births (Legitimate2131101031Birth Rate per 1,000 of the esti-
(Illegitimate372116mated resident population7.28
1688Rate per 1,000 total (live and
Stillbirths still) births6015
Deaths358197161Death Rate per 1,000 of the esti-
mated resident population1051
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 sepsisNil—
No. 30 Other Puerperal causes1376
Total1376
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births76.0
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births75.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births81.1
Deaths from cancer (all ages)61
,, „ measles (all ages)1
,, „ whooping cough (all ages)0
„ „ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)5
Tuberculosis, all causes, death-rate per 100,000932
Excess of registered births over deaths—
Excess of registered deaths over births111

Vital Statistics, 1938.England and Wales, London and Holborn.

Annual Rates per 1,000 livingDeaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births.
Births.Deaths.
England and Wales15111.653
London13.411.457
Holborn7.2810.5176

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