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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

St Pancras 1896

Forty-first annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London

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II.—VITAL STATISTICS.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Births.—The number of births occurring in Public Institutions during the
year 1896 was as follows :—
Homes of Hope, Gray's Inn Lane Sub-District 35
Workhouse, Camden Town Sub-District,172
Total 207

Table: Deaths in Public Institutions.

Deaths in Public Institutions.

Registration Sub-District.No. of Inmates.Parochial InstitutionsDaily Average No. of Inmates.Deaths.
Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.Total
Regent's Park28St. Saviour's Cancer Hospital13..l1
St. Luke's House1573643
Tottenham Court359University College184132150282
„ „Home Hospitals1811011
„ „Central London Sick Asylum1573163166
Gray's Inn Lane126Royal Free Hospital..11447105152
„ „Central Throat & Ear Hospital12..55
Somers Town103Temperance Hospital67662995
„ „Hospital for Women36..66
Camden Town2154Workhouse21062989307
„ „North West London Hospital48241539
Kentish Town520Infirmary5203157322
Total in Parochial Institutions In Extra Parochial Institutions32908935361429
2138483..483
Totals542813765361912

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Extra Parochial Institutions.—Of certain Public Institutions situated outside
the boundaries of St. Pancras, the daily average number of inmates
belonging to St. Pancras housed by them are as follows:-
St. Anne's Home, Streatham—a Branch of the St. Pancras
Workhouse 444
Extra Metropolitan Lunatic Asylums 781
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 757
Fever and Small-pox Asylums 156
2138
In addition there is—East Cliff House, Margate 40