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St Pancras 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Institutions within the Borough.— It is estimated that about 500 of the daily
average number of inmates in certain of the above-mentioned Institutions
in the Borough are persons not resident in the Borough.
Institutions without the Borough.— Of certain Public Institutions situated
outside the boundaries of St. Pancras, the daily average numbers of
inmates belonging to St. Pancras housed by them, corrected to the end
of 1907, are as follows:—
St. Anne's Home, Streatham, a branch of St. Pancras Workhouse 437
Lunatic Asylums 1040
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 705
Fever and Small-Pox Asylums 159
Total population 2341
| The Children at these Institutions are part of the population of the localities in which they are situated. | ||
POPULATION.
The figures of the 1901 Census have been taken as a basis, and the 2341
inmates of extra Borough Institutions have been added to the Sub-Districts in
proportion to the population as the deaths amongst these inmates are included
in the Statistics in the year, and 500 non-residents in the hospitals in the
Borougli have been omitted as their deaths are also omitted.
West 61,903
South 55,983
East 59,694
North 59,578
£237,158
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated in St. Pancras during the year was
1973, being 157 less than in the previous year, and 194 less than the annual
average of the precious ten years.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year was 5546, being 62 more
than in the preceding year, and 671 less than the annual average during the
preceding decennium.