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St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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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 :—
| DISTRICTS. | Estimated Population. | West. | South. | East. | North. | No Addres*. | Whole Borough. | Rates for whole Borough calculated on the 1911 Census population (218387). | County of London Death Rate. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | Total. | Ward | Tolal. | W ard | Total. | Ward | Total. | ||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Number of Deaths Registered lor the Year 1914 | 372 | 527 | 899 | 2S8 | 423 | 681 | 473 | 416 | 889 | 480 | 3291 | 802 | 71 | 3342 | |||
| Death-rate per 1000 population | 218387 | 14.1 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 18.3 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 13.9 | — | 15.3 | |||
| Death.rate for the Year 1924 | 137088 | 17.8 | 18.1 | 18.3 | — | 17.4 | 16.5 | ||||||||||
| ,, ,,1905 | 237149 | l6.3 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 14.1 | — | 15.7 | 15.6 | |||||||||
| ,, ,, 1906 | 237149 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 14.5 | — | 15.8 | 15.8 | |||||||||
| ,, ,, 1907 | 237173 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 13.4 | — | 15. 0 | 15 .3 | |||||||||
| ,, „ 1908 | 237247 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 16.5 | 13.8 | — | 15.0 | 14.6 | |||||||||
| ,, ,, 1909 | 237247 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 16.0 | 13.3 | — | 14.8 | 15.0 | |||||||||
| ,, ,,1910 | 237247 | 11.3 | 12. 0 | 15.5 | 13.1 | — | 13.8 | 13.7 | |||||||||
| ,, ,,1911 | 237429 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | — | 14.1 | ||||||||||
| ,, ,, 1912 | 220353 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 15.2 | 12.9 | — | 14.3 | 13.6 | |||||||||
| ,, ,,1913 | 218387 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 14.8 | — | 15.0 | 14.2 | |||||||||
| ,, ,, 1914 | 218387 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.9 | — | 15.3 | 14.4 | |||||||||
It will be seen that the death.rate for 1914 (15.3) was rather higher than
that for 1913 (15.0) which was higher than that for 1912 (14.4). It is
interesting to note that during these three years a closely parallel increase has
taken place in the death.rate for London as a whole.
The Wards are set out in the table below in order according to their death. rates.
| Ward | Death.rate per 1000 population. | Ward. | Death.rate per 1000 population. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13.5 | 2 | 14.7 |
| 3 | 13.6 | 8 | 15.6 |
| 4 | 14.1 | 5 | 16.5 |
| 7 | 14.2 | 6 | 18.3 |
1,777 deaths occurred in Public Institutions in the Borough. These are
tabulated in table 6 on page 126.
Taking from these the number which were of non.parishioners (652), and
adding the number of deaths of St. Pancras parishioners in Public Institutions
outside the Borough (625 —both from the Registrar.General's figures), the
number of St. Pancras deaths which took place in Public Institutions is shown
to be 1,750 or 52.3 per cent, of the total deaths.