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TVJENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REP OR!
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
Being the Report for the Vear 1880.
TO THE VESTRY OF ST. PANCRAS.
Gentlemen,
In my last report I stated that since the last Census was
taken many and important changes had taken place in the
parish, the full effect of which, on the population, it was impossible
with certainty to estimate. The continued demolition
of the area in Somers Town acquired by the Midland
Railway Company has tended to reduce very considerably
the number of persons who previously resided in that subregistration
district, and although this reduction has to some
extent been compensated for by the growth of houses iu the
neighbourhood of Gospel Oak, the Census of 1881 which has
just been taken proves that the population of St. Pancras
has not increased at the same rate as in the previous decade.
Probably 235,000 fairly represents the population in the
middle of the year 1880.
In the previous decade the increase of population had been
at the rate of 1*1 per cent, each year, while in the present
decade it has been less than half that amount.
It is impossible, for want of more information, to discuss
the population of our district more in detail, but it is
convenient to correct' the gross population thus far for
the purposes of this report.
The Registrar-General's year of 1880 begins on January
4th, 1880, and ends on January 1st, 1881, thus consisting of
of fifty two weeks, and I have followed the example of previous
reports in including the births and deaths in this
period.
During this year 8,038 births and 5,286 deaths were
registered in St. Pancras, but in order to ascertain more
exactly the number of deaths of St. Pancras parishioners