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The Registrar-General's short list of deaths at different age periods is given in Table 2
on page 99, and, for the purpose of comparison, the death rates for England and Wales, the
County of London, the Metropolitan Boroughs, and certain of the large towns are given in
Table 4 on page 103.
It will be noted that 21 Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower and 7 a higher general
death rate than St. Pancras,
Of the total 2,601 St. Pancras deaths which occurred during the year, no less than
1,570 took place in public institutions; this equals a proportion of 60 per cent, of the total
deaths.
As compared with the previous year, there was an increase in the number of deaths due
to Heart Disease, Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Influenza, and a decrease in those
attributed to Cancer, Injuries, Cerebral Hasmorrhage, Bright's Disease, Enteritis, Diphtheria
and Measles.
Of the 553 deaths due to various forms of Heart Disease, 29 were of persons over 85
years of age, 156 were between 75 and 85, and 170 were between 65 and 75 years of age.
One death was recorded as having been due to Beri-Beri, a disease which does not
usually occur in this Country. The patient was an inmate of the Hospital for Tropical
Diseases, and although a foreigner, the death has to be accepted, as the Institution is situated
in this Borough.
Ward Deaths and Death Rates.
The number of deaths and the death rates per 1000 of population for each of the
Wards during the past year were as follows, the figures for the Dreceding vear being also
given for comparison:—