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Holborn 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough.
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Registered Births.
The total number of births registered as occurring in the Borough was 80
(39 males and 41 females). Of these, 76 were legitimate and 4 illegitimate.
Corrected Births and Birth-Rate.
I received from the Registrar-General information of the births in outlying
institutions in London of 147 legitimate infants and 32 illegitimate infants whose
mothers were residents of the Borough. Nine of the births occurring in the
Borough were infants of mothers who were not resident in the Borough. The
corrected number of births is therefore 250, and the corrected birth-rate 7.28.
In London the corrected birth rate in 1938 was 13 .4 per 1,000 in comparison with 13 .3 for 1937.
Mortality.
The total number of deaths registered as occurring in the Borough was 611
of which 350 were males and 261 females.
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There were 252 deaths of civil "residents" in the various Workhouses,
Infirmaries, Asylums, Hospitals, etc., outside the Borough, 20 of whom were
removed from Common Lodging Houses in the Borough.