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St Pancras 1921

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

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DEATHS.
The net number of St. Pancras deaths registered during the year was 2,778, making an
annual death rate of 13.0 per thousand population.
The number of deaths registered during the year as having taken place in the borough was 2,836. Of
these, 651 were of persons whose residence was not in St. Pancras (non-parishioners), 582 dying in St. Pancras
institutions, and 69 in other parts of the borough. There were also reported by the Registrar-General 545
deaths of St. Pancras parishioners who died in institutions in other parts of the County of London and institutions
connected therewith, and 48 who died in other parts of England and Wales. The net figure on which
the death-rate is based is corrected for these outward and inward transfers.
In Table 1, on page 86, will be found the corresponding figures for the past 11 years. It
will be seen that the tendency for the amount of mortality to diminish has continued, and that
the number of deaths in 1921 was smaller than in any previous year.

The leading causes of death are set out in the following table for the 10 years 1911-1920 and for 1921.

Diseases.1911191219131914191519161917191819191920Average for 10 years1921.
Enteric Fever726485652153
Small-pox------------
Chicken-pox111-11------
Measles11394365363421187515656723
Scarlet Fever10561922847511107
Whooping Cough48473649523927807604538
Diphtheria and Croup372719302423253121332751
Influenza151442153535217002604611857
Erysipelas10710911331191293
Tuberculosis-
Pulmonary230318325365398340353403268249325250
Other forms8383676710283918273637954
Cancer, Malignant Disease274247285251258267281269245299268290
Rheumatic Fever656101177876716
Cerebral Haemorrhage, Embolism and Apoplexy1472271161411691191161319198136126
Heart Disease283217276319422359393378360423343411
Bronchitis,Pneumonia and Pleurisy560525691566664535514618489445561455
Diarrhoea and Enteritis24845148142114729756685410498
Nephritis and Bright's Disease8611010111213210310498619510060
Puerperal Fever472754529854
Congenital Debility and Malformations, including Premature Birth130207191164187176144132162201169149
Injuries1561611481501501121251191089213288

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