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St Pancras 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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12
DEATHS.
During the year 1898, the corrected total number of deaths from all causes at
all ages was 4658, being 122 more than during the preceding year, and 124 below
the annual average of the preceding ten years. Per 1000 of the population the
death-rate was 19.1, compared with 18.7 in the previous year, and an annual
average of 20.1 in the preceding decennium.

Table: The total number of deaths and the death-rates in the Sub-Districts are set out below, 238 deaths from all causes not referable to any particular Sub-Districts being distributed according to population:—

The total number of deaths and the death-rates in the Sub-Districts are set out below, 238 deaths from all causes not referable to any particular Sub-Districts being distributed according to population:—

Sub-Districts.Number of Deaths.Death-rate.
Regent's Park64616.9
Tottenham Court56721.0
Gray's Inn Lane61820.6
Somers Town74722.8
Camden Town26317.6
Kentish Town1,81718.1
St. Pancras4,65819.1
London83,93618.7

Table: AGES AT DEATH.Under one year of agethe number of deaths and the proportion per 1000 births and per 1000 total deaths were as follows:—

AGES AT DEATH.

Under one year of agethe number of deaths and the proportion per 1000 births and per 1000 total deaths were as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Number of Deaths under 1 Year.Per 1000 Births.Per 1000 Deaths at all Ages.
Regent's Park173178.2267.9
Tottenham Court139227.2245.2
Gray's Inn Lane164192.6265.4
Somers Town180183.9241.1
Camden Town62141.2235.7
Kentish Town451150.1248.2
St. Pancras1,169170.5251.1
London22,140167.2263.5