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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Pancras which took place in London Institutions during 1914. The information as to St. Pancras births in outlying Institutions has been obtained mainly from weekly returns supplied by the London County Council.
| Institution where birth took place. | Notified births. |
|---|---|
| Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital | 189 |
| University College Hospital | 141 |
| Middlesex Hospital | 137 |
| City of London Lying-in Hospital | 80 |
| St. Pancras Workhouse | 77 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 11 |
| Other Institutions | 8 |
| 643 |
DEATHS.
The number of deaths that were registered during the year as having taken
place in the Borough was 3,386.
Of these 721 were of persons whose residence was not in St. Pancras (nonparishioners),
652 dying in St. Pancras Institutions, and 69 in other places in
the Borough.
There were also reported by the Registrar-General 625 deaths of St.
Pancras parishioners who died in institutions in other parts of the County of
London, and 52 who died in other parts of England and Wales.
This correction gives the net number of deaths for St. Pancras registered
during the year as 3342 making an annual death-rate of 15.3 per 1000
population.
As compared with England and Wales for sex and age distribution, the
factor of correction for St. Pancras is 0 0971, which makes the death-rate so
corrected 15.2 per 1000 of population per annum.
The following table shows the number of deaths and death-rate for each of
the four Registration Sub-Districts and eight Wards into which the Borough
is divided, and also the corresponding rates in former years. In this table
deaths in Public Institutions, whether within or without the Borough, are
classified in the respective Sub-Districts and Wards of their previous
residence :—