Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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91.5 per cent of the population of St. Pancras are in private households,
as shown in preceding tables.
The remaining 8,5 per cent are in non-private households and housed as
follows*-
POPULATION IN NON-PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS Census 1951
Hotels and Boarding houses having- | Persons | Per cent |
---|---|---|
10-14 rooms 98 | 2,489 | 1.8 |
15-24 rooms 42 | ||
25-49 rooms 16 | ||
50-99 rooms 1 | ||
100-199 rooms 7 | ||
164 | ||
Less than 10 rooms | 566 | 0.4 |
Homes and hostels | 234 | 0.2 |
Hospitals and nursing homes | 3,052 | 2.2 |
Homes for permanently disabled or aged | 66 | 0.0 |
Police stations etc. | 20 | 0.0 |
Miscellaneous communal establishments | 4,871 | 3.6 |
Defence establishments | 451 | 0.3 |
Campers, vagrants, etc. | 2 | 0.0 |
Private households | 11,751 | 8.5 |
126,626 | 91.5 | |
138, 377 | 100.0 |
The following table gives the Birthplaces of the St. Pancras population included in the 1951 census-
Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
London | 37,882 | 42,010 | 79,892 |
Rest of England | 13,629 | 16,704 | 30,333 |
Wales | 1,274 | 1,687 | 2,961 |
Sc6tland | 1,898 | 1,545 | 3,443 |
Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic | 4,131 | 4,112 | 8,243 |
Isle of Man | 11 | 26 | 37 |
Channel islands | 49 | 55 | 104 |
Africa | 488 | 235 | 723 |
America | 307 | 213 | 520 |
Canada | 115 | 103 | 218 |
Australasia | 186 | 192 | 378 |
Europe | 4,453 | 3,907 | 8,360 |
Oceania | 1 | - | 1 |
Born at sea | 10 | 9 | 19 |
Not stated | 655 | 724 | 1,379 |
65,858 | 72,004 | 137,862 | |
Balance, being visitors to this Country | 515 | ||
Total population of St Pancras | 138,377 |