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On page 21 will be found a table showing the number of births to St.
Pancras mothers which took place in institutions within and without the
borough.
DEATHS.
It is not possible to include in the figures relating to the mortality amongst
St. Pancras residents the deaths of soldiers and sailors. Deaths of members
of His Majesty's Forces belonging to St. Pancras are therefore excluded from
the mortality statistics for 1916, and the death rates are accordingly calculated
upon the estimated civil population.
The number of deaths of civilians that were registered during the year as
having taken place in the borough was 2,991.
Of these, 565 were of persons whose residence was not in St. Pancras (nonparishioners),
476 dying in St. Pancras institutions, and 89 in other places in
the borough.
There were also reported by the Registrar-General 571 deaths of St. Pancras
parishioners who died in institutions in other parts of the County of London,
and 48 who died in other parts of England and Wales.
This correction gives the net number of civil deaths for St. Pancras
registered during the year as 3,045, making an annual death-rate of 15.5 per
1,000 civil population. (The death-rate, calculated upon the estimated total
population, would be 13.9 per 1,000).
In Table 1 (page 60), the corresponding rates for the past five years will be
found. It will be sren that this year's rate compares favourably with that of
previous years.
1,507 deaths occurred in Public Institutions in the borough. Taking from
these the number which were of non-parishioners (476), and adding the
number of deaths of St. Pancras parishioners in Public Institutions outside
the borough (697—both from the Registrar-General's figures), the number of
St. Pancras deaths which took place in Public Institutions is shown to be 1,628,
or 53.5 per cent. of the total deaths.
The deaths are fully classified for causes, sex and age periods in table 2,
(pp. 61-65).
Mortality of Soldiers and Sailors.
The number of deaths of Soldiers and Sailors that were registered during
the year in the borough was 41. Of these, 33 were resident without the
borough, the number belonging to St. Pancras being 8.
Of the 8 deaths, 1 was from wounds received in battle, 2 from other
accidental causes, 5 from disease.
These deaths, as previously stated are not included with the deaths of the
civil population occurring during 1916.
Infantile Mortality.
385 deaths of St. Pancras infants under one year of age took place during
the year. This is equal to a rate of infantile mortality of 85 per 1,000 births,
which is the lowest annual rate on record for the borough.
In table 1 (page 60) the corresponding rates for the past five years will be
found.