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

  • Holborn (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    12 Corrected Births and Birth-Rate. I received from the Registrar-General information of the births in outlying institutions in London of 156 legitimate infants and 28 illegitimate infants whose mothers were residents of the Borough. Twelve of the births occurring in the Borough, 11 legitimate and 1 illegitimate, were infants of mothers who were non residents of the Borough. The following table gives the corrected number of births and the corrected birth-rates for the twenty years 1909-1928: — Year. Total Births. Legitimate Births. Illegitimate Births. No. Rate per 1,000 of Population. No. Rate per 1,000 of population. Proportion per 1,000 total Registered Births No. Rate per 1.000 of population. Proportion per 1,000 total Registered Births. 1909 986 19.26 935 18.27 948.2 51 0.99 51.8 1910 1,017 20.27 959 19.11 943.0 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 1.16 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 13.36 532 12.30 920.4 46 1.06 79.6 1925 527 12.16 490 11.31 929.8 37 0.85 70.2 1926 535 12.38 489 11.32 914.0 46 1.06 86.0 1927 505 11.96 452 10.71 895.0 53 1.25 105.0 1928 473 12.04 436 11.10 921.8 37 0.94 78.2 In London the corrected birth-rate in 1928 was 15.9 per 1,000 in comparison with 16.1 for 1927.