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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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Table: The 207 births in public institutions having been re-distributed according to population, the number of births and the birth-rate of each of the Sub-Districts, and of the District, were as follows:—

The 207 births in public institutions having been re-distributed according to population, the number of births and the birth-rate of each of the Sub-Districts, and of the District, were as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Number of Births.Birth-rate.
Regent's Park104927.5
Tottenham Court66824.7
Gray's Inn Lane85128.4
Somers Town105732.2
Camden Town44730.0
Kentish Town297029.6
St. Pancras704229.0
London135,79630.2

Table: DECENNIAL BIRTH AND DEATH-RATES.It is interesting to put on record the annual rates of mortality during each of the decennia since 1855, the date of the creation of the Vestry.

DECENNIAL BIRTH AND DEATH-RATES.

It is interesting to put on record the annual rates of mortality during each of the decennia since 1855, the date of the creation of the Vestry.

Decennial Period.Census Population.Mean Annual Number of Births.Mean Annual Birth-rate per 1000 of Population.Mean Annual Number of Deaths.Mean Annual Death-rate per 1000 of Population.
1856-18651861673933.9457723.0
198,788
1866-18751871772534.9514423.2
221,465
1876-18851881 )798133.8492120.8
\ 236,209 |
1886-18951891 )718130.6485620.71
| 234,379 |

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* In the last decennium the mortality in St. Pancras does not appear as
low as it was in all probability, for the Census of 1896, taken by the London
County Council for the purpose of the equalisation of rates, showed the
population of St. Pancras to be 240,761; and it must also be remembered that
the deaths occurring amongst some 2000 inhabitants who in recent years were
housed for a greater or shorter length of time in Institutions outside the
Parish, are also included amongst the total number of deaths in St. Pancras,
and that, therefore the extra-parochial population should be included. If
calculated on a population of 242,764, then 4856 deaths would represent an
annual death-rate of 20.00 per thousand living.