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Holborn 1945
[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 1945,
| RESIDENT POPULATION | Estimated to middle of 1945 (as supplied by the Registrar General) for birth and death rates | 18,680 | |||
| LIVE BIRTHS | Total | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 197 | 108 | 89 | Birth rate per 1000 estimated population | 13,06 |
| Illegitimate | 47 | 30 | 17 | ||
| STILLBIRTHS | 8 | 5 | 3 | Rate per 1000 (Live & still births) | 31,75 |
| DEATHS | 296 | 177 | 119 | Death rate per 1000 estimated population | 15.85 |
| DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES | |||||
| There were no deaths from puerperal causes during 1945. | |||||
| ! DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 69,67 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 live legitimate births | 71,07 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births. | 63.83 | ||||
| NOTIFICATIONS OF BIRTHS | |||||
| The total number of births, including stillbirths, notified as occurring in the Borough was 49. Of this number, 4 were notified by medical practitioners and 45 by midwives. | |||||
| CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS | |||||
| The causes of deaths (296) were as follows:- | |||||
| Cerebro spinal fever | 1 | Bronchitis | 22 | ||
| Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 15 | Pneumonia | 12 | ||
| Other respiratory diseases | 1 | ||||
| Other forms of tuberculos is | 1 | ||||
| Ulceration of stomach or duodenum | 5 | ||||
| Syphilitic disease | 5 | ||||
| Influenza | 1 | Diarrhoea | 1 | ||
| Cancer of buccal cavity & oesophagus | 5 | Appendicitis | 2 | ||
| Other digestive diseases | 6 | ||||
| Cancer of uterus | 2 | Nephritis | 7 | ||
| Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 9 | premature birth | 5 | ||
| Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases | 10 | ||||
| Cancer of breast | 4 | ||||
| Cancer of all other sites | 30 | ||||
| Suicide | 6 | ||||
| Intra-cranial Vascular disease | 29 | Road traffic accidents | 3 | ||
| Other violent causes | 18 | ||||
| Heart disease | 73 | All other causes | 15 | ||
| Other diseases of the circulatory system | 8 | ||||