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Holborn 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]

Published
1902
Pages
42
Tables
52

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    The following table gives details for the different parts of the Borough, also some of the details for the Wards:—
    Area in Statute Acres.HOUSES.Families orseparate Occupiers.1901
    Inhabited.Inhabited.Uninhabited.Building.
    Inoccupation.Not in occupation.
    18911901
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    POPULATION.
    Persons.Males.Females.
    1891.1901.1891.1901.1891.1901.
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    CHANGES IN POPULATION DUE TO THE CHANGES IN THE BOUNDARIES UNDER THE LONDON GOVERNMENT ACT. ST. GILES AND BLOOMSBURY. Gains.
    Registration Sub-District.Population 1891.Population 1901.Transferred from
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    NUMBER OF TENEMENTS. At the census of 1901, the total number of tenements in the Holborn Borough was 13,790. Of these
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    ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1901. The following are the estimated populations at the middle of the year 1901: —
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    BIRTHS. During the 52 weeks ending Saturday, December 28th, 1901, the number of births registered was :—
    Bloomsbury aud St. Giles.Holborn.Total.
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    BIRTH-RATES FOR THE YEAR.
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    MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1901):—
    Bloomsbury and St. Giles.Holborn.Total.
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    Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions &c., within the area of the Borough:—
    INSTITUTION.Residents.Non-Residents.
    St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.
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    The following deaths of parishioners occurred in Public Institutions outside the Borough (1901):—
    Institution.Number.
    St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.
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    CORRECTED DEATHS AND DEATH RATES, 1901.
    District.Total Deaths at all ages registered in District.Deaths in Public Institutions in District.Deaths of nonresidents of Borough registered in District.Deaths of Residents registered beyond the District.Deaths at all ages. Nett.Death Rate.Corresponding period 1900.
    In Borough.Beyond Borough.
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    INFANTILE MORTALITY. The number of deaths of children under five years of age was:—
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    The number of deaths of children under one year of age, and the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 registered births, were the following for:—
    Deaths under 1 year of age.Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births.
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    The principal causes of death of these 203 children under one year of age were:—
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    DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1901 AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS. St. Giles and Bloomsbury.
    Year.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
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    Holborn Sub-Division.
    Year.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
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    Whole Borough.
    Year.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
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    Notifications of Infectious Diseases in the Borough during 1901, and during the preceding ten years. St. Giles and Bloomsbury.
    Year.Small-pox.Diphtheriaand Membranous Croup-1Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Typhus Fever.Chickenpox.Total.
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    Holborn Sub-District.
    Year.Small-pox.Diphtheriaand Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Typhus Fever.Chicken-pox.Total.
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    Whole Borough.
    Year.Small-pox.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Typhus Fever.Chickenpox.Total.
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    SMALL-POX. The present outbreak of Small-Pox is the largest that has occurred since that of 1893-94. Since the very serious epidemic of 1871 the following have been the number of deaths from Small-pox in the Metropolis, and the annual rates per million of the population :—
    Years.Deaths from Small-pox.Years.Deaths from Small-pox.
    Annual Total.Anual Rate per Million of the Population.Annual Total.Annual Rate per Million of the Population.
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    The following gives the ages of those notified:—
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    SUMMARY of Notification of small-pox since the begining of the outbreak.
    Week ending—Number of Notifications received.Number ofGenuine Cases.Number returned not Small-pox.Number of Secondary Cases.Number of fresh centres of Infection.Numberof Deaths.
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    Of the 193 genuine cases to the week ending December 28th, 1901,42 occurred at the following Common Lodging Houses:—
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    The number of Vaccinations performed by the Public Vaccinator, Dr. Hallen, up to the 30th December, 1901, was:—
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    Including these the totals to the 25th March, 1902, were:—
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    The following are the details of the examination of the arms of children attending schools in the Parishes of St. Giles and Bloomsbury:—
    SCHOOL.Number in Attendance.Number ofObjectors.Number Examined.Number Vaccinated.Number Doubtful.Number Unvaccinated.
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    STATISTICS OF THE FOLLOWING LARGE TOWNS
    Total number ofcases of Small-pox.Under Ten Years of Age.
    Vaccinated.Unvaccinated.
    No.Number of Deaths.Death Rate.No.Number of Deaths.Death Rate.
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    DISINFECTIONS During the 52 weeks ending December 28th, 1901.
    DISTRICT.Rooms.Bedding, &c. No. of Articles.Number of Persons using Refuge.
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    The following inquests on the bodies of Parishioners were held:-
    Total Number.Cause of Death.
    Natural.Accidents.Suicide.
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    THE PUBLIC MORTUARY, GOLDSMITH STREET.
    District.Bodies received.Inquests held.Post-mortems.Non-Parishioners.
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    HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS.
    Bloomsbury and St. Giles.
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    Bloomsbury and St. Giles.
    Locality and Numbers of Houses.Total Number of Houses Registered.Locality and Numbers of Houses.Total Number of Houses Registered.
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    Bloomsbury and St. Gills—continued.
    Locality and Numbers of Houses.Total Number of Houses Registered.Locality and Numbers of Houses.Total Number of Houses Registered.
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    Holborn Sub-Division.
    Locality and Numbers of Houses.Total Number of Houses Registered.Locality and Numbers of Houses.Total Number of Houses Registered.
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    The following is a list of the Common Lodging-houses Registered in this Borough :—
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    Bloomsbury and St. Giles.
    Situation of Common Lodging-House.Authorised No. of Lodgers.Sex of Lodgers.Situation of Common Lodging-House.Authorised No. of Lodgers.Sex of Lodgers.
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    Holborn Sub-District.
    Situation of Common Lodging-House.Authorised No. of Lodgers.Sex of Lodgers.Situation of Common Lodging-House.Authorised No. of Lodgers.Sex of Lodgers.
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    FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
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    Bloomsbury and St. Giles.
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    Holborn Sub-District.
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    KITCHENS OF RESTAURANTS.
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    TABLE I.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total DeathsinPublic Institutionsin theDistrict.Dentils of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions inthe District.Deaths ofResidents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the distict.
    Under 1 Year of Age. (Nett.)At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.*Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registeredNumber.Rate.*Number.Rate.*
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    TABLE II.
    Year.Population esti-mated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.,Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE III.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Bloomsbury and St. Giles.Holborn.Bloomsbury and St. Giles.Holborn.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE IV.
    Causes op Death.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in or be-longing to localities (at all ages).Total DeathsinPublic Institutionsin theDistrict.
    All Ages."Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 andupwards.Bloomsbury and St. Giles.Holborn.
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    TABLE V.
    Whole Borough.Whole Borough.
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    TABLE VI.
    Date.Name.Address of Premises.Offence.Result.
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    TABLE VI.—continued.
    Date.Name.Address of Premises.Offence.Result.
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    TABLE VI- continued.
    Date.Name.Address of Premises.Offence.Result.
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    TABLE VII.— continued.
    Date.Name.Address.Offence.Result.
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    TABLE VIII.
    1900. MONTHS.Mean Reading of the Barometer.Temperature of the Air.Rain.
    HighestbyDay.LowestbyNight.Rangein Month.Mean ofall Highest.Mean ofall Lowest.Mean Daily Range.Mean forthe Month.Departure from Average of 130 Years, 1771—1900.Number of Days . it Fell. |AmountCollected.