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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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statistics for the year 1946.
| Resident Population. | |||||
| Estimated to middle of 1946 (as supplied by the Registrar-General) for birth and death rates | 21,190 | ||||
| Live Births. | |||||
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
| Legitimate | 250 | 113 | 137 | ||
| Illegitimate | 48 | 23 | 25 | ||
| Birth rate per 1,000 estimated population | 14.06 | ||||
| Stillbirths | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) | 29.31 | ||||
| Deaths. | |||||
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
| 292 | 170 | 122 | |||
| Death rate per 1,000 estimated population | 13.78 | ||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes. | |||||
| There were no deaths from puerperal causes during 1946. | |||||
| Death Rate of Infants Under One Year of Age. | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 40.27 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 live legitimate births | 32.00 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births | 83.33 | ||||
| During the year there were 12 deaths of infants under one year of age, of whom 4 were illegitimate. The causes of death were as follows: — | |||||
| Diarrhœa | 1 | ||||
| Other digestive diseases | 1 | ||||
| Premature birth | 2 | ||||
| Congenital malformation, birth injury and infantile diseases | 6 | ||||
| Violent causes | 1 | ||||
| All other causes | 1 | ||||