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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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The next table shows the number of deaths of infants and the rates of infantile mortality for the several Wards and Registration Sub-Districts for the past
| INFANT1LE Mortaltiy West. | West. | South. | East | North. | No Address | Whole Borough. | County of London. | ||||||||
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| Ward | Total. | Ward | Total. | Ward | Total. | Ward | Total. | ||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age | 61 | 82 | 143 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 64 | 80 | 144 | 60 | 58 | 118 | 4 | 481 | — |
| Infantile Mortality rate per 1000 births | 91 | 110 | 101 | 84 | 67 | 72 | 77 | 116 | 94 | 85 | 99 | 91 | — | 92 | — |
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An examination of this table shows some interesting results. It will be
seen in the first place that there has been a considerable reduction in the
St. Pancras infantile death-rate during recent years. The average rate for
the five years 1905-1909 was 121, while that for the five years 1910-1914
was 99, a reduction of 18 per cent. For the same periods the corresponding
rates for the County of London were 120 and 106, a reduction of 12 per cent.
The reduction has therefore been greater in St. Pancras than in London as a
whole, and this is also illustrated by the fact that for the quinquennium
1905-1909 the St. Pancras rate (121) was slightly higher than that of London
(119), while in the quinquennium 1910-1914 the St. Pancras rate (99) was
distinctly lower than that of London (106).
No similar improvement in the position of St. Pancras as compared with
that of the County of London has taken place in regard to the general deathrate
(see table on page 18). Indeed, while for the quinquennium 1905-1909
the average death-rates were the same for the borough and for London, for
the years 1910-1914 the St. Pancras death-rate was in excess of that of
London.