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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 II. Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rate, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a thousand Deaths for the Year 1885, and 10 years preceding.
| The Year. | Birth Rate per 1000 of the population. | Corrected Death Rate per 1000 of the population. | Deaths of Children under 1 year, per 1000of Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1000 of total deaths. | Deaths of Children under 5 years, per 1000 of total deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions, per 1000of total deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 31.2 | 19.89 | 153.3 | 241.5 | 386.5 | 245.0 |
| 1884 | 32.5 | 19.72 | 154.8 | 255.2 | 407.0 | 222.3 |
| 1883 | 32.2 | 19.55 | 142.5 | 235.1 | 378.8 | 228.5 |
| 1882 | 32.6 | 19.89 | 142.8 | 234.6 | 412.8 | 183.5 |
| 1881 | 33.6 | 21.16 | 155.3 | 246.8 | 411.0 | 209.4 |
| 1880 | 34.2 | 21.32 | 159.9 | 256.6 | 432.2 | 248.2 |
| 1879 | 34.2 | 21.62 | 149 6 | 237.2 | 404.7 | 249.5 |
| 1878 | 34.6 | 21.71 | 162.9 | 265.1 | 436.0 | 216.0 |
| 1877 | 34.4 | 20.88 | 143.8 | 237.2 | 395.1 | 235.2 |
| 1876 | 35.7 | 21.54 | 151.3 | 250.8 | 398 6 | 222.9 |
| 1875 | 34.5 | 23.38 | 159.0 | 235.5 | 375.3 | 201.9 |
| Average of 10 years 1875.1884 | 33.8 | 21.07 | 152.1 | 245.4 | 405.1 | 221.7 |
Note—All the Death Rates are calculated on the corrected number of Deaths.