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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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Death-rate per 1,000 corrected births in 1924 and in ten preceding years during which details respecting births have been supplied.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | Av'ge, 1914-23 | 1924 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough London | 101 | 112 | 89 | 103 | 107 | 85 | 75 | 80 | 74 | 60 | 88 .6 | 69 |
See also Table, page 79.
The figures on which the rates given in the Registrar-General's Quarterly
Reports are based are necessarily only partly corrected; the final correction
including the transference of births in institutions to the residential area of the
parents is made before the publication of the Registrar-General's Annual Report.
The corrections considerably modify the Holborn rates as will be seen from the
following figures: —
Infantile Death-rate in Holborn per 1000 Births
Year 1924.
Registrar General's Quarterly Report Corrected
1st Quarter 149 107
2nd "84 54
3rd „ 120 70
4th „ 142 93
Poor Law and Hospital Relief.
The Clerk to the Guardians of the Holborn Union has kindly supplied me
with the following information relating to persons from the Holborn Division of
the Union who received Poor Law Relief during the year 1924: —
Indoor Relief 1,217 persons
Outdoor Relief 378 cases
Outdoor Medical Relief 295 persons
Of the total number of 529 deaths, 364 died in hospitals and public institutions
either within or without the Borough.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Scavenging.
The removal of house and trade refuse is carried out by contract. In the
main thoroughfares, and in a number of other principal streets, there is a daily
collection. In the remainder of the streets the collection is twice weekly.