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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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It will be seen that there was a serious reduction in the birth-rate as compared
with former years, both in St. Pancras and in London as a whole.
289 births occurred in Public Institutions in the borough, equal to 6 5 per
cent. of the total births which took place in the borough.
Illegitimacy.
Of the 4,458 births which were registered in the borough 192, or 4 3 per
cent., were returned as illegitimate.
Of the 4,751 births to parishioners within and without the borough 256, or
5 4 per cent., were registered as illegitimate. This is the figure which is to
be taken as representing the proportion of illegitimate births in the St. Pancras
population.
The Notification of Births Act, 1907.
Notifications were received during the year of 4,131 births, or 93.0 per cent.
of the number of births registered.
In the following table the total births notified and registered in the Borough are classified according to the Registration Sub-Districts and Wards in which the births took place:—
| W. | S. | E. | N. | Whole Borough | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total Births (excluding stillbirths) registered | 532 | 568 | 245 | 521 | 800 | 549 | 686 | 562 | 4458 |
| Births (includingstill-births) notified | 476 | 519 | 329* | 456 | 683 | 558* | 601 | 509 | 4131 |
| Still-births notified | 15 | 23 | 80 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 137 |
* The excess of notified over registered births in Wards 6 and 7 is due to the non-redistribution of
births in institutions in the notification figures.