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St Pancras 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION 1
General Information and Statistical Summary
General
The Metropolitan Borough of St. Pancras is about 4 miles in length, extending from near Oxford Street in the south to Highgate Village in the north, and averages about a mile in width, from the Outer Circle of Regent's Park in the west to York Way in the east.
Summary of Statistics
| Area of the borough | 2,694 acres |
| Area of various public open spaces | 555 acres |
| At census 1951:- | |
| Population (66,181 males, 72,196 females) | 138,377 |
| Number of households (families) | 48,865 |
| Structurally separate dwellings | 29,146 |
| Population (Registrar General' s mid-1959 estimate) | 128,700 |
| Number of persons per acre (estimated average) | 48 |
| Rateable value (at April 1959) | £3,770,179 |
| Product of a penny rate about | £15,200 |
| General rate in the £ for the year | 17s. 4d |
| Stannary of Vital Statistics | |
| Net registered live births | 2,328 |
| Birth rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) | 18.09 |
| Illegitimate live births (per cent. of total live births) | 12.80 |
| Stillbirths:- | |
| Number | 36 |
| Rate (per 1 000 total live and still births) | 15.23 |
| Total live and still births | 2,364 |
| Infant deaths (deaths under 1 year) | 61 |
| Infant mortality rates | |
| Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 26.20 |
| Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 25.61 |
| Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 30.20 |
| Neo natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 19.76 |
| Early neo natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) | 17.61 |
| Peri-natal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) | 32.57 |
| Maternal mortality (including abortion):- | |
| Number of deaths | 2 |
| Rate per 1,000 total live and still births | 0.85 |
| Deaths, all ages | 1,412 |
| Death rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) | 10.97 |