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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table I. Showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths for the year 1885, and 10 years preceding. Gross Numbers.
| The Year. | Estimated Population. | Estimated No. of Inhabited Houses. | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Corrected Number of Deaths, | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total all Ages. | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | ||||||
| 1885 | 241,000 | 24,576 | 2,115 | 7,520 | 4,794 | 1,158 | 1,853 | 1,175 |
| 1884 | 240,000 | 25,000 | 2,288 | 7,905 | 4,795 | 1,224 | 1,952 | 1,066 |
| 1883 | 239,000 | 25,000 | 2,199 | 7,719 | 4,677 | 1,100 | 1,772 | 1,069 |
| 1882 | 237,800 | 24,850 | 2,394 | 7,772 | 4,730 | 1,110 | 1,953 | 868 |
| 1881 | 236,600 | 24,701 | 2,212 | 7,943 | 5,000 | 1,234 | 2.055 | 1,047 |
| 1880 | 235,000 | 24,605 | 2,083 | 8,038 | 5,011 | 1,286 | 2,166 | 1,244 |
| 1879 | 240,000 | 25,020 | 2,154 | 8,226 | 5,189 | 1,231 | 2,100 | 1,295 |
| 1878 | 238,000 | 25,800 | 2,168 | 8,249 | 5,063 | 1,344 | 2,212 | 1,095 |
| 1877 | 236,000 | 25,580 | 2,235 | 8,126 | 4,927 | 1,169 | 1,947 | 1,159 |
| 1876 | 234,000 | 25,350 | 2,310 | 8.317 | 5,019 | 1,259 | 2,001 | 1,119 |
| 1875 | 231,000 | 2.5,140 | 2,289 | 8,000 | 5,401 | 1,272 | 2,017 | 1,091 |
| Average of 10 Years, 1875-84 | 25,205 | 2,234 | 8,095 | 4,981.7 | 1,222.9 | 2.017.7 | 1,105.3 | |
1. Population at Census 1881, 236,209. 2. Average No. of Persons in each house at Census 1881, 9.5.
3. Area of District in acres, 2,672.