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12
Metropolitan Borough of St. Pancras.
REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the Year 1931.
For the purpose of this Report, the year consists of the 52 weeks ended 2nd January, 1932.
Section 1.-STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
POPULATION AND GENERAL STATISTICS.
The population of the Borough at the Census of 1921 was 211,366.
According to the preliminary report, the total population of the Borough at the Census
taken on April 1st, 1931, was 198,113.
These figures indicate a decrease of 13,253 persons during the inter-censal period.
The mid-year (1931) population of the Borough was estimated by the Registrar-General
to be as follows:—Total population 195,600. Civil population 195,200.
The very considerable decrease in population in the short interval between the date of
the Census (April 1st) and the middle of the year is stated to be due to a preliminary allocation
to the usual place of residence of persons, who, at the date of the Census, were residing in
hotels, hospitals or other temporary abode.
The estimated total population as given by the Registrar-General (195,600) has been
used for the purpose of calculating the marriage and birth rates, and the estimated civilian
population (195,200) for calculating the death rate for the year 1931.