Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table I.
Showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths for the year 1882 and 10 years preceding.
Gross Numbers.
The Year.* | Estimated Population. | No. of Inhabited Houses. | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Corrected Number of Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total all Ages. | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | ||||||
1882 | 237,800 | 24,850 | 2,394 | 7,772 | 4,730 | 1,110 | 1,953 | 868 |
1881 | 236,600 | 24,701 | 2,212 | 7,943 | 5,000 | 1,234 | 2,055 | 1,047 |
1880 | 235,000 | 24,605 | 2,083 | 8,038 | 5,011 | 1,286 | 2,166 | 1,244 |
1879 | 240,000 | 26,020 | 2,154 | 8,226 | 5,189 | 1,231 | 2,100 | 1,295 |
1878 | 238,000 | 25,800 | 2,168 | 8,249 | 5,068 | 1,344 | 2,212 | 1,095 |
1877 | 236,000 | 25,580 | 2,235 | 8,126 | 4,927 | 1,169 | 1,947 | 1,169 |
1876 | 234,000 | 25,360 | 2,310 | 8,317 | 5,019 | 1,259 | 2,001 | 1,119 |
1875 | 231,000 | 25,140 | 2,289 | 8,000 | 5,401 | 1,272 | 2,017 | 1,091 |
1874 | 229,000 | 24,920 | 2,181 | 8,010 | 4,982 | 1,153 | 1,764 | 1,013 |
1873 | 227,000 | 24,700 | 2,238 | 8,095 | 5,149 | 1,305 | 2,116 | 1,039 |
1872 | 224,000 | 24,400 | 2,278 | 7,830 | 4,767 | 1,291 | 1,956 | 795 |
Average of 10 Years, 1872-81 | 233,060 | 25,122 | 2,194.8 | 8,083.4 | 5,051.3 | 1,254.4 | 2,032.3 | 1,089.7 |
Notes.
1. Population at Census 1881, 236,209. 2. Average No. of Persons in each house at Census 1881, 9.5.
3. Area of District in acres, 2,672.
* For statistical purposes the Registrar-General estimates the population to the middle of the year on the basis of the rate of increase ruling between the two
preceding Census periods. The estimate of population may be checked by the known number of inhabited houses, and by the average number of inmates per
home, as ascertained at tbe preceding Censu .