Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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CENSUS 1891
Institutions. | Total Inmates, including Officers. | Special Inmates. | Sub-Districts | Total Inmates, including Officers. | Special Inmates. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regent's Park Barracks | 531 | 420 | Regent's Park | 772 | 616 |
St. Saviour's Cancer Hospital | 47 | 20 | |||
Boys Home (Industrial School) | 171 | 155 | |||
Auxiliary Branch Home (Industrial School) | 23 | 21 | |||
Workhouse (Central London Sick Asylum) | 294 | 256 | Tottenham Court | 621 | 463 |
University College Hospital | 253 | 161 | |||
Medical and Surgical Home | 12 | 6 | |||
Home Hospital | 44 | 24 | |||
Memorial Home (Lying-in Hospital | 18 | 16 | |||
Royal Free Hospital | 187 | 133 | 213 | 148 | |
Central London Throat and Ear Hospital | 17 | 11 | |||
Central London Ophthalmic Hospital | 9 | 4 | |||
London Temperance Hospital | 103 | 71 | Somer'8 Town | 156 | 106 |
New Hospital for Women | 53 | 35 | |||
St. Pancras Workhouse | 1410 | 1350 | Camden Town | 1469 | 1388 |
North-West London Hospital | 59 | 38 | |||
Workhouse (Casual Waids) | 34 | 28 | Kentish Town | 591 | 509 |
St. Pancras Workhouse Infirmary | 557 | 481 |
Homes of Hope, Gray's Inn Lane Sub-district | 43 |
Workhouse, Camden Town Sub-district | 143 |
Total | 186 |
It is interesting to note that for the three years ending April 30th, 1893, of the
510 births taking place in the Workhouse, no less than 417 were illegitimate, and
only 93 legitimate.