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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 1919
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919
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Table No. 4.
Total Births, Total Deaths, and Infantile Deaths,
In this Table the estimated population, total or civil, is distributed amongst the Wards and Sub-districts in the same proportion as at the 1911 Census; the transferred births are allocated to the Wards and Sub-districts in proportion to their respective populations, but some of the births which took place in St. Pancras institutions are not redistributed, but are allocated to the districts in which the institutions are situated; and deaths of residents which took place outside of the Borough and deaths in public institutions are classified in the respective Sub-districts and Wards of their previous residence.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Net Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 total population. | Net Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 civil population. | Deaths under 1 year of age. | Infantile Death-rate per 1.000 Births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | 4 | 461 | 16.7 | 368 | 13.9 | 45 | 97 |
| 5 | 478 | 14.3 | 409 | 12.8 | 45 | 94 | |
| 939 | 15.4 | 777 | 13.3 | 90 | 95 | ||
| South | 7 | 473 | 24.9 | 231 | 12.7 | 30 | 63 |
| 8 | 403 | 14.2 | 380 | 13.9 | 48 | 119 | |
| 876 | 18.5 | 611 | 13.4 | 78 | 89 | ||
| East | 3 | 569 | 15.6 | 521 | 14.9 | 40 | 70 |
| 6 | 483 | 20.3 | 303 | 13.3 | 55 | 114 | |
| 1052 | 17.5 | 824 | 14.3 | 95 | 90 | ||
| North | I | 563 | 15.1 | 396 | 11.1 | 44 | 78 |
| 2 | 394 | 17.2 | 266 | 12.1 | 28 | 71 | |
| — | 957 | 15.9 | 662 | 11.5 | 72 | 75 | |
| No Address | — | — | — | 56 | — | 1 | — |
| Whole Borough | — | 3824 | 16.7 | 2930 | 13.4 | 336 | 88 |