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St Pancras 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[ Table A.]
| Deaths registered in 1802. | Estimated Mortality in 1862.* | Rate of Mortality to every 1000 living. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | 631 | 754 | 21.4 |
| Tottenham Court | 558 | 650 | 23.2** |
| Gray's Inn Road | 520 | 620 | 22.2 |
| Somers Town | 767 | 905 | 22.9 |
| Camden Town | 427 | 518 | 21.3† |
| Kentish Town | 768 | 934 | 19.7 |
| University College Hospital | 159 | ||
| Royal Free Hospital | 95 | ||
| St. Pancras Workhouse- | 464 | ||
| Strand Union | 151 | ||
| The whole Parish (Without Strand Union) | 4388 | 4388 | 21.6 |
* This column is calculated by excluding the deaths which occurred in the btrand Union, and
distributing the deaths in University College Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, and St. Pancras
Workhouse, amongst the sub-districts in the ratio of their populations.
** The population is assumed to have been 27933, because the number 500 has been subtracted
for the Strand Union inmates,
† The population is assumed as 24317, a deduction of 1500 being made for the Workhouse.
[ Table B.]
| Population at Census of 1861. | Kate of increase per cent. per annum from 1851 to 1861. | Estimated Population, April, 1862 * | |
| Regent's Park | 34927 | 0.9 | 35241 |
| Tottenham Court | 28348 | 0.3 | 28433 |
| Gray's Inn Road | 27807 | 0.48 | 27940 |
| Somers Town | 39096 | 0.93 | 39460 |
| Camden Town | 23406 | 1.03 | 25817 |
| Kentish Town | 44298 | 6.6 | 47222 |
| Parish as a whole | 198784 | 1.75 | †204113 |
* This column is calculated on the assumption that the population has increased since 1861 in
the same proportion per annum as it did in the years between the two censuses of 1851 and 1861.
The numbers are probably rather above the actual population, but for comparing the rates
of mortality, they may be adopted as the population in the middle of 1862, without leading to
any serious error, and they are as near the truth as it is practicable to be.
For the entire parish, 203,000 will be adoptod as the probable population,
† This number is the sum of the estimated populations of the six sub-districts. If calculated
on the assumption (which would probably be nearer the truth) that the population of the whole
parish was increasing in the,ratio in which the gross population increased between 1851 and 1861,
the number obtained would be only 202,263.
[ Table C. ]
| Ratio of Girths to Deaths (estimated Mortality). | Ratio of Births to Deaths under 5 years. | |
|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | 100:69 | 1000:246 |
| Tottenham Court | 100:72 | 1000:307† |
| Gray's Inn Road | 100:61 | 1000:266 |
| Somers Town | 100:67 | 1000:298 |
| Camden Town | *100:70 | 1000:294 |
| Kentish Town | 100:57 | 1000:217 |
| St. Pancras | 100:64 | 1000:271§ |
* A deduction of 200 for children born in the Workhouse.
† A deduction of 50 has been made for births in the Strand Union Workhouse.
§ Allowance has been made for the Strand Union.