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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 1897
Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department
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II.—VITAL STATISTICS.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Births.—The number of births occurring in Public Institutions during the
year 1897 was as follows:—
Homes of Hope, Grays Inn Lane Sub-District 33
Workhouse, Camden Town Sub-District 168
Total 201
Population and Deaths in Public Institutions.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Inmates. | Parochial Institutions. | Daily Average No. of Inmates | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | Total. | ||||
| Regent's Park | 28 | St. Saviour's Cancer Hospital | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| St. Luke's House | 15 | 4 | 32 | 86 | ||
| TottenhamCourt | 359 | University College Hospital | 184 | 132 | 157 | 289 |
| „ „ | Home Hospitals | 18 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| „ „ | Central London Sick Asylum | 157 | ... | 173 | 173 | |
| Grays Inn Lane | 126 | Royal Free Hospital | 114 | 49 | 181 | 180 |
| „ „ | Central Throat & Ear Hospital | 12 | ... | 8 | 8 | |
| Somers Town | 103 | Temperance Hospital | 67 | 78 | 33 | 111 |
| „ „ | Hospital for Women | 36 | 5 | 19 | 24 | |
| Camden Town | 2122 | Workhouse | 2074 | 355 | 17 | 372 |
| „ „ | North West London Hospital | 48 | 17 | 11 | 28 | |
| Kentish Town | 479 | Infirmary | 479 | 319 | 5 | 324 |
| Total in Parochial Institutions | 3217 | 961 | 601 | 1526 | ||
| In Extra Parochial Institutions | 2244 | 529 | ... | 529 | ||
| Totals | 5461 | 1490 | 601 | 2091 | ||
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 St, Pancras Workhouse 427
Lunatic Asylums 861
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 785
Fever and Small-Pox Asylums 171
Total population 2244
In addition there are-
East Cliff House, Margate 41
Leavesden Schools, near Watford 617 The children at these
tutions are part of the population of the locality in which they are situated.