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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Maternal (Puerperal) Mortality.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth :
From Sepsis, 5; from other causes, 5.
Total Puerperal Mortality, 3 7 per 1000 births (live and still).
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages), 4.
,, „ Whooping Cough (all ages), 15.
,, „ Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years of age), 32.
Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary. Deaths, 171; death rate per 1000 of population, 0.90.
All forms. Deaths, 195; death rate per 1000 of population, 1.02.
Rateable value, £2,103,010. Sum produced by a penny rate, £8,230.
Rainfall during the year (recorded at Camden Square), 16.8 inches.
Comparative Statistics.
| Rate per 1000 of Population. | Rate per 1000 Births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth rate. | Death rate. | Infant Mortality. | |
| England and Wales | 14.4 | 12.3 | 64 |
| 107 Great Towns | 14.4 | 12.2 | 67 |
| County of London | 13.2 | 12.2 | 59 |