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Holborn 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HOLBORN Abridged Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1944.
| RESIDENT POPULATION. | Estimated to middle of 1944 (as supplied by the Registrar General) for birth and death rates 18020. | ||||
| LIVE BIRTHS | Total | M | F. | Birth rate per 1000 estimated population 11.49. | |
| Legitimate | 171 | 84 | 87 | ||
| Illegitimate | 36 | 21 | 15 | ||
| STILLBIRTHS. | 8 | 3 | 5 | Rate per 1000 (Live and still births) 37.21. | |
| DEATHS | 302 | 163 | 139 | Death rate per 1000 estimated population 16.76. | |
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES.
There were no deaths from puerperal causes during 1944.
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
All Infants per 1,000 live births 53.14
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 live legitimate births 46.78
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 live Illegitimate
births 83.33
NOTIFICATIONS OF BIRTHS
The total number of births, Including stillbirths,
notified as occurring in the Borough was 31. Of this number,
1 was notified by a Medical Practitioner, 27 by Midwives
and 3 by other persons.
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS. The causes of deaths (302) were as follows:-
| Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 12 | Bronchitis | 20 |
| Pneumonia | 21 | ||
| Other forms of T.B. | 3 | Ulceration of stomach or duodenum | 4 |
| Syphilitic disease | 9 | ||
| Cancer of buccal cavity & oesophagus | 3 | Diarrhoea | 3 |
| Appendicitis | 1 |
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