[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough].

  • Holborn (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1942]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HOLBORN Abridged Report of the Medical Officer r of Henlth for the Yenr 1941» POPULATION. Registrar General's estimated population Mid-1941. 17,160 LIVE BIRTHS Total M. F. Birth rate per 1000 Estimated Population 11.13 Legitimate 163 80 83 Illegitimate 28 14 14 STILLBIRTHS 6 3 3 Rate per 1000 total(live & still) births 30.46 DEATHS 432 Rate per 1000 of the estimated resident population 25.17 DEATHS FROM FUERPERAL CAUSES. There were no deaths from puerperal causes during 1941. DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE All infants per 1,000 live births 47.12 Legitimate infants per 1,000 live legitimate births 36.8l Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births l07.14 NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS. The total number of notified births, including stillbirths, occurring in the Borough were 19. Of this number 3 were notified by Medical Practitioners, l6 by Midwives. CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS. The causes of deaths (432) were as follows:- Tuberculosis of respiratory system. 20 Intracranial vascular disease 15 Other forms of T.B. 2 Heart disease 69 Syphilitic disease 6 Other diseases of the circulatory system 13 Influenza 3 Cancer in the male of buccal cavity & cesophagus 7 Bronchitis 22 Pneumonia 38 Other respiratory diseases 5 Cancer of the stomach & duodenum 7 1