London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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APPENDIX 'A'
| 1935/37 | 1958/59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ward Number | Totals | Ward Number | Totals | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| Total number of lettings | 8,724 | 4,945 | 9,556 | 6,235 | 6,900 | 3,928 | 1,955 | 5,967 | 48,210 | 10,431 | 4,684 | 8,995 | 5,826 | 5,737 | 3,238 | 1,667 | 4,809 | 45,387 | ||||||
| Not overcrowded | 8,220 | 4,396 | 8,893 | 5,685 | 6,231 | 3,301 | 1,715 | 5,344 | 43,785 | 10,254 | 4,501 | 8,793 | 5, 702 | 5,598 | 3,177 | 1,632 | 4,744 | 44,401 | ||||||
| Overcrowded | 504 | 549 | 663 | 550 | 669 | 627 | 240 | 623 | 4,425 | 177 | 183 | 202 | 124 | 139 | 61 | 35 | 65 | 986 | ||||||
| Percentages overcrowded | 5.79 | 11.10 | 6.94 | 8.82 | 9.70 | 16.00 | 12.28 | 10.44 | 9.18 | 1.69 | 3.91 | 2.24 | 2.12 | 2.42 | 1.88 | 2.09 | 1.35 | 2.17 | ||||||
| Ward Number | Totals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| The Number of lettings has increased by | 1, 707 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,823(net | |||||||||||||||
| ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, decreased ,, | - | 261 | 561 | 409 | 1,163 | 690 | 289 | 11158 | decreased) | |||||||||||||||
| ,, ,, ,, overcrowded families has diminished by | 327 | 366 | 461 | 426 | 530 | 566 | 205 | 558 | 3,439 | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of overcrowded families has diminished by | 4.10 | 7.19 | 4.70 | 6.69 | 7.28 | 14.12 | 10.19 | 7.83 | 7.01 | |||||||||||||||
Note. The increase in the number of lettings in Ward No.1 is attributable to the fact
that a number of streets in that Ward were included in this survey but, were not
included in the 1935/37 Survey (see paragraph Scope of Survey").