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St Pancras 1913

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

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14
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough during the year was 5167.
From information received from the Registrar-General the excess of births
to parishioners occurring outside the Borough over births to non-parishioners
occurring inside the Borough was 350.
This correction gives the net number of births for St. Pancras registered
during the year as 5517, making an annual birth-rate of 24'7 per 1000
population.

Table: In this table from 1911 onwards the transferred births referred to above are allocated to the Sub-Districts in proportion to their respective populations, but the births which took place in St. Pancras Institutions are not re-distributed, but are allocated to the Districts in which the Institutions are situated.

In this table from 1911 onwards the transferred births referred to above are allocated to the Sub-Districts in proportion to their respective populations, but the births which took place in St. Pancras Institutions are not re-distributed, but are allocated to the Districts in which the Institutions are situated.

DISTRICTS.Estimated Population.West St. Pancras.South St. Pancras.East St. Pancras.North St. Pancras.Whole Borough.
Number of Births Registered for the year 1913..13801034165214515517Rates for whole Borough calculated on the 1911 census population (218,887).
Birth Rate per 1000 population..23.322.528.224.824.7
Birth Rate for the Year 190323703226.622.929.527.826.7
„ „ 190423708826.920.729.326.825.8
„ „ 190523714925.320.926.225.224.5
„ „ 190623714923.320.627.425.424.2
„ „ 190723717323.917.325.725.223.1
„ „ 190823724724.218.227.623.223.4
„ „ 190923724722.417.924.723.022.124.0
„ „ 191023724722.718.525.523.922.724.1
„„ 1911*23712923.319.925.524.7*23.425.4
„ „ 191222035322.123.427.724.0*24.424.6
„ „ 191321838723.322.528.224.8*24.724.7
* For 1911 onwards the number of births and the rates are corrected for inward and outward transfers.

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It will be seen from this table that the birth-rate has remained fairly constant
for the last five years.