Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following table gives the corrected number of births and the corrected birth-rates for the seventeen years 1908-1924: —
Year. | Total Births. | Legitimate Births. | Illegitimate Births. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate per 1000 of Population. | No. | Rate per 1000 of population. | Proportion per 1000 total Registered Births. | No. | Rate per 1000 of population. | Proportion per 1000 total Registered Births. | |
1908 | 1006 | 20.41 | 1020 | 19.53 | 956.8 | 46 | 0.88 | 43.2 |
1909 | 986 | 19.26 | 935 | 18.27 | 948.2 | 51 | 0.99 | 51.8 |
1910 | 1017 | 20.27 | 959 | 19.11 | 94.0 | 58 | 1 .16 | 57.0 |
1911 | 920 | 18.73 | 865 | 17.61 | 940.2 | 55 | 1.12 | 59.8 |
1912 | 901 | 18.76 | 835 | 17.38 | 926.7 | 66 | 1.38 | 73.3 |
1913 | 798 | 16.99 | 743 | 15.82 | 931.1 | 55 | 1.17 | 68.9 |
1914 | 765 | 16.33 | 705 | 15.05 | 921.6 | 60 | 1.28 | 78.4 |
1915 | 670 | 14.44 | 616 | 13.28 | 919.4 | 54 | 116 | 80.6 |
1916 | 649 | 15.63 | 585 | 14.09 | 901.4 | 64 | 1.54 | 98.6 |
1917 | 571 | 14.50 | 496 | 12.60 | 868.7 | 75 | 1.90 | 131.3 |
1918 | 497 | 12.06 | 428 | 10.38 | 861.2 | 69 | 1.68 | 138.8 |
1919 | 539 | 13.56 | 477 | 12.00 | 885.0 | 62 | 1.56 | 115. 0 |
1920 | 827 | 20.84 | 749 | 18.87 | 905.7 | 78 | 1.97 | 94.3 |
1921 | 648 | 14.88 | 593 | 13.62 | 915.1 | 55 | 1.26 | 84.9 |
1922 | 664 | 15.49 | 602 | 14.04 | 906.6 | 62 | 1.45 | 93.4 |
1923 | 595 | 13.71 | 547 | 12.61 | 919.3 | 48 | 1.10 | 80.7 |
1924 | 578 | 13.36 | 53.2 | 12.30 | 920.4 | 46 | 1 .06 | 79. 6 |
In London the corrected birth-rate in 1924 was 18 6 per 1000 in comparison with 20.2 for 1923.
Mortality.
The total number of deaths registered as occurring in the Borough was 670, of
which 393 were males and 277 females.
Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, etc., within the area of the Borough:—
Institution. | Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holbon. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holbon. | |
French Hospital | 6 | 1 | 39 | - |
Children's Hospital | 4 | 4 | - | 241 |
National Hospital | 1 | 3 | - | 78 |
London Homoeopathic Hospital | 4 | 5 | - | 69 |
Italian Hospital | 1 | 6 | - | 26 |
Alexandra Hospital | - | - | - | - |
Private | - | - | 15 | 2 |
Total | 16 | 19 | 54 | 416 |