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Holborn 1912

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

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Table: The corrected numbers are as follows:—

The corrected numbers are as follows:—

District.Corrected number of Births of Residents.Corrected Birth-rate per 1000.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.1912.1911.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury3193335214.514.7
Holborn5163354923.223.0
Whole Borough8356690118.818.8

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In London the corrected number of births was 110,353, or a rate of 24.5
per 1,000, in comparison with 24.8 for 1911.

Table: MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1912):—

MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1912):—

St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.Total.
Males123351474
Females98335433
Total221686907

Table: Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, &c., within the area of the Borough:—

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.
St. Giles Workhouse27—9
French Hospital4—29—
British Lying-in Hospital1—8—
Children's Hospital47—338
National Hospital———35
London Homoeopathic Hospital—6—71
Italian Hospital31—23
Alexandra Hospital——_2
Private——2410
Total391470479

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There were 357 deaths of "Residents" in various Workhouses, Infirmaries,
Asylums, Hospitals, &c., outside the Borough, 92 of whom were removed from
Common Lodging Houses in the Borough. Of the total, 154 formerly resided
in St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 203 in the Holborn District.