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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 1944
Annual report (abridged) on the Health of the Borough for the year 1944
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DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES
| Deaths | RATE per 1,000 Live and Still Births | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | Sepsis 1 | Other causes | ||
| Other puerperal causes | 4 | 1.01 | 2.03 | 3.04 | |
| Year | 1939 | 3 | l.33 | ||
| 1940 | 6 | 2.98 | |||
| Comparable figures | 1941 | 4 | 2.72 | ||
| for preceding five | 1942 | 4.36 | |||
| years | 1943 | 1 | 0.53 | ||
| 1944 | 6 | 3.04 | |||
| DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE | |||||
| All infanta per 1,000 live births | 64 | ||||
| Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live birth3 | 57 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births | 105 | ||||
| Year | All Infants | Legitimate | Illegitimate | ||
| 1939 | 46 | 54 | |||
| 1940 | 56 | 52 | |||
| Comparable rates 1941 | 51 | 52 | 44 | ||
| for preceding 1942 | 66 | 59 | 117 | ||
| five years - 1943 | 71 | 66 | 99 | ||
| 1944 | 64 | 57 | 105 | ||
| DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS - All Acea | |||||
| Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated population | |||||
| Pulmonary | 115 | 1.09 | |||
| Other forma | 13 | 0.12 | |||
| 128 | Total 1.21 | ||||
| Year | No.of Deaths | TOTAL | |||
| 1939 | 130 | 0.77 | |||
| 1940 | 160 | 1.20 | |||
| Comparable figures | 1941 | 123 | 1.18 | ||
| for preceding five | 1942 | 147 | 1.39 | ||
| years - | 1943 | 117 | 1.08 | ||
| 1944 | 123 | 1.21 | |||
NOTIFICATIONS OF BIRTHS
The number of births notified as having taken place in
the Borough during 1944 was 2,165. The number of births
of non-residents equalled, 1,264, and information was
received in respect of 799 births occuring outside the
Borough.