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St Pancras 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Inquests.
In the following table will be found the causes of death, as certified by the Coroner; they are also further classified into age periods:—
| Causes. | Under 1 year. | 1—5 years. | 5—15 years. | 15—25 years. | 25—65 years. | 65 and over. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
| Pneumonia | 7 | - | 1 | - | 13 | 16 | 37 |
| Cerebral Hæmorrhage . | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Cancer | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
| Tuberculosis . | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Other causes . | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 14 | 95 |
| - | 4 | 15 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 82 | |
| Burns and Scalds | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| Railway | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Falls | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 75 | 112 |
| Other causes* | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 33 |
| - | - | 1 | 9 | 110 | 12 | 132 | |
| - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | - | 1 | 11 | - | 13 | |
| Totals | 29 | 23 | 31 | 32 | 290 | 168 | 573§ |
* Includes 7 cases of coal gas poisoning. ‡ Includes 1 case of coal gas poisoning,
† ,, 59 cases ,, ,, § St. Pancras cases 151, ex-St. Pancras 422 (see also page 53).
Infantile Mortality.
151 deaths of St. Pancras infants under one year of age occurred during 1933. This
gives an Infant Mortality rate (number of deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births) of
58. The corresponding rate for the previous year was 69.
The following table gives the deaths and death rates of both legitimate and illegitimate
infants for 1933:—
Legitimate. Illegitimate. Total.
Number of Births 2,362 227 2,589
Number of Deaths (under one year of age) 127 21 151
Death rate per 1000 births 54 106 58
In Table 1, oil page 106, the Infantile Mortality rates are given for previous years, and
in Table 3, on page 110, the figures will be found for each Ward. Table 4, on page 111, gives
the Infant Mortality rates for the County of London and the Metropolitan Boroughs. The
rates for England and Wales and the Great Towns are set out on page 12.
On the next two pages tables are given which indicate
1. The causes of death of all children under one year of age during 1933,
classified according to age at death.
2. The causes of death of children under one year of age during the ten
previous years. In this table the number of births in each year is also given
for reference.