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St Pancras 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: [Table B.]Shewing tde rates of Birtds to Deatds in tde several Sub-districts.

[Table B.]

Shewing tde rates of Birtds to Deatds in tde several Sub-districts.

Name of Sub-District.BIRTHS.Registered Deatds.Estimated Mortality.Rates of Birtds to Deatds.
Regent's Park12207128751000:717
Tottenham Court83315356591000:791
Grays Inn9545466721000:704
Somers Town133288410611000:796
Camden Town631†3854611000:730
Kentish Town2069113814131000:683
University College Hospital..212
Royal Free Hospital..134
St. Pancras Workhouse..595
Strand Union Workhouse..110

Table: [Table C. ]Shewing Rales of Births to Deaths under 5 years of age.

[Table C. ]

Shewing Rales of Births to Deaths under 5 years of age.

Regent's Park1220 : 344 = 1000 : 280
Tottenham Court Road833 : 247 = 1000 : 284
Grays Inn Road954 : 252 = 1000 : 263
Somers Town1332 : 461 = 1000 : 346
Camden Town631 : 174 = 1000 : 276
Kentish Town2069 : 607 = 1000 : 293
The whole Parish7239 : 2230 = 1000 : 308

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*In this Sub-district, 50 has been subtracted from the number of births, to allow for the
Strand Union.
†In this Sub-district, 200 births have been omitted to allow for the Workhouse.
§In this column, the deaths in Strand Union are left out. and the deaths in Hospitals and
the Workhouse have been distributed through the sub-districts, in proportion to their populations.