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Holborn 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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During the seven years 1904-1910 the average death-rate in common lodging
houses in Holborn per 1,000 beds was about 20. Also during the past eight years
more than 30 per cent. of the deaths from phthisis in Holborn had been residents
in common lodging houses in the Borough.
During the past year of the 95 deaths, 23 had been removed to infirmaries
from common lodging houses in the Borough, that is about 25 per cent. and less
than usual, 11 from St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 12 from the Holborn District.
The corrected number of deaths in London was 6,069, equal to a rate of 1.35
per 1,000, the same rate as for 1911.
The following table gives the number of deaths in the Holborn Borough and the death-rates per 1,000 (crude and corrected for sex and age distribution of the Holborn population in comparison with London) and the corresponding rates for London, for the 11 years 1902-1912.
| Year | Holborn Borough. | London. Rate per 1,000 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death-Rate per 1,000. | |||
| Crude. | Corrected. | |||
| 1902 | 182 | 3.08 | 2.71 | 1.61 |
| 1903 | 170 | 2.98 | 2.62 | 1.57 |
| 1904 | 157 | 2.80 | 2.46 | 1.65 |
| 1905 | 149 | 2.71 | 2.38 | 1.46 |
| 1906 | 118 | 2.18 | 1.92 | 1.49 |
| 1907 | 125 | 2.36 | 2.07 | 1.46 |
| 1908 | 105 | 1.97 | 1.73 | 1.39 |
| 1909 | 108 | 2.11 | 1.85 | 1.40 |
| 1910 | 98 | 1.96 | 1.72 | 1.23 |
| 1911 | 96 | 1.96 | 1.72 | 1.35 |
| 1912 | 95 | 1.98 | 1.74 | 1.35 |
Notification of Consumption.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908 & 1911.
The Voluntary Notification of Consumption which had been in force from
the 1st January, 1904, and had been partly superseded by the Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908 (Poor Law Cases), and the Public Health
(Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911, was finally and completely superseded
by the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1911, which came into
force on the 1st January, 1912.
Excluding duplicates the total number of notifications received was 210, of
which 96 were under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908, 79