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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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POPULATION. Registrar General's estimated Population Mid-1939.
| (a) For Birth rate | 33,400 | |||
| (b) For Death rate | 30,660 | |||
| LIVE BIRTHS. | Total | M. | F. | Birth rate per 1000 Estimated Population 6.85 |
| Legitimate | 202 | 104 | 98) | |
| Illegitimate | 27 | 12 | 15) | |
| STILLBIRTHS. | 13 | 7 | 6 | Rate per 1,000 53.72 |
| total (live and still births) | ||||
| DEATHS. | 378 | 12.33 | ||
| DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES. | ||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1000, total live and still births. | |||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0 | |||
| Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | 4.13 | ||
DEATH RATS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
| All infant's per 1,000 live births | 61.14 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births | 49.5 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 148.1 |
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS. The total number of notified
births, including stillbirths, occurring in the
Borough were 56. Of this number 5 were
notified by Medical Practitioners, 33 by
Midwives and 18 by other persons.
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS. The causes of deaths (378)
were as follows:-
Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers 0. Scarlet
Fever 0. Whooping Cough 0. Measles 0.
Diptheria 0. Influenza 4 Encephalitis
Lethargica 0. Cerebro-spinal Fever 0.
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System 18.
Other Tuberculosis Diseases 2. Syphilis 3.