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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32. Senility | M | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 10 |
| F | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 24 | |
| 33. Suicide | M | 30 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — |
| F | 10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | — | |
| 34. Other violence | M | 47 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| F | 35 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| 35. Other defined Diseases | M | 106 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | — | 11 | 21 | 28 | 24 |
| F | 92 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 16 | |
| 36. Causes ill—defined or unknown | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
C.F. 102.
Deaths under 1 year
Legitimate. Illegitimate.
M 78 11
F 55 17
For the purpose of comparison, the death rates for the County of London and the
Metropolitan Boroughs are given in a table on page 16.
Of the total of 2,408 St. Pancras deaths which occurred during the year, no less than
1,645 took place in public institutions; this equals a proportion of 68 per cent, of the total
deaths.
As compared with the previous year there was an increase in the number of deaths due to
Diabetes, Cerebral Haemorrhage and Pneumonia and a decrease in those attributed to Cancer,
Nephritis and Heart Diseases.
Deaths of Aged Person?.
The corrected number of deaths of residents at 65 years of age and upwards, which
occurred during the year 1934 was 1,143. Of these 580 were between the ages of 65 and 75 ;
459 were between the ages of 75 and 85, and 104 were 85 years of age and upwards.