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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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As compared with the average of previous years there was an increase in the number
of deaths due to Heart Disease, Cancer, Injuries and Influenza; and a decrease in those
attributed to Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, Enteritis and Bronchitis.
Deaths of Aged Person.
The corrected number of deaths of residents at 65 years of age and upwards, which
occurred during the year 1933 was 1,204. Of these 614 were between the ages of 65 and 75;
452 were between the ages of 75 and 85, and 138 were 85 years of age and upwards.
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 preceding year being also given for comparison:—
| Ward. | 1933. | 1932. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | |
| 1 | 424 | 12.1 | ||
| 2 | 225 | 11.7 | ||
| 3 | 422 | 13.0 | ||
| 4 | 359 | 15.3 | ||
| 5 | 370 | 13.1 | ||
| 6 | 180 | 10.2 | ||
| 7 | 168 | 13.2 | ||
| 8 | 347 | 13.8 | ||
| Homeless | 50 | — | ||
| 2545 | 13.1 | |||
Deaths of Persons of unknown addresses, etc., included in the
Mortality Statistics.
The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the Borough,
in accordance with the Registrar-General's rules relating to "Transferable Deaths":—
Various Asylums 16
High gate Hospital 5
St. Pancras Hospital 31
Various other Hospitals 5
Found dead in High Street, Camden Town 1
Found dead in Regent's Canal 1
Found dead in Telephone Box, Seaton Street 1
Total 60