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St Pancras 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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30
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart Disease | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 5 | 15 | |
| Cerebral Hemorrhage | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Cancer | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Tuberculosis | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Other causes | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 72 | |
| Street Vehicles | — | 6 | 18 | 17 | 34 | 28 | 103 | |
| Burns and Scalds | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| Railway | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | — | 11 | |
| Falls | — | — | 2 | 2 | 24 | 74 | 102 | |
| Other causes | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 61 | |
| Suicides† | — | — | — | 10 | 101 | 16 | 127 | |
| 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | ||
| 5 | — | — | 2 | 11 | — | 18 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 29 | 30 | 40 | 283 | 178 | 566§ | |
‡ Includes 65 cases of coal gas poisoning. I Includes 2 cases of coal gas poisoning.
§ St. Pancras cases 128, ex—St. Pancras 438 (see also page 66).
Infantile Mortality.
The number of deaths of St. Pancras infants under one year of age occurring during
1934 was 160. This gives an Infant Mortality rate (number of deaths under one year of
age per 1,000 births) of 65. The corresponding rate for the previous year was 58.
The following table gives the deaths and death rates of both legitimate and illegitimate
infants for 1934 :—
Legitimate. Illegitimate. Total.
Number of Births 2,210 239 2,449
Number of Deaths (under one year of age) 129 31 160
Death rate per 1000 births 58 130 65
The Infantile Mortality rates for previous years, the figures for each Ward, and
the Infant Mortality rates for the County of London and the Metropolitan Boroughs are
given in tables on pages 14, 15 and 16.
On the next two pages tables are given which indicate :—
1. The causes of death of all children under one year of age during 1934,
classified according to age at death.