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Holborn 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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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. | |||||||||
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 449 | 131 | 82 | 8 | 203 | 575 | 18.4 | 21.7 | ||
| Holborn Sub-District | 766 | 441 | 400 | 3 | 245 | 606 | 21.8 | 25.5 | ||
| Whole Borough | 1,215 | 572 | 482 | 448 | 1,181 | 20.0 | 23.4 | |||
| Registration London Death Rate | 17.1 | 18.3 | ||||||||
| No. of Deaths. | Death Rate. | |||||||||
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 575 | 18.4 | ||||||||
| Holborn Sub-District | 606 | 21.8 | ||||||||
| Holborn Borough | 1,181 | 20.0 | ||||||||
| London | 77,663 | 17.1 | ||||||||
| England and Wales | 551,316 | 16.9 | ||||||||
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths of children under five years of age was:—
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 135 |
| Holborn Sub-District | 169 |
| Holborn Borough | 304 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 88 | 85 |
| Holborn Sub-District | 115 | 185 |
| Holborn Borough | 203 | 122 |
| London | 19,412 | 148 |
The principal causes of death of these 203 children under one year of age were:—
| Premature Birth | 32 |
| Malnutrition, debility, &c. | 58 |
| Diarrhoea | 36 |
| Enteritis | 3 |
| Bronchitis | 23 |
| Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 21 |
| Tubercular Diseases | 9 |
| Measles | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 |
| Suffocation in bed and accidental | 7 |
| Septic Diseases | 2 |
| Heart Disease | 2 |
| 203 |