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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 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following table shows the birth rates since that year1 those of London are added for the purposes of comparison.
| Year. | St. Pancras. | London. |
|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 32.6 | 33.6 |
| 1861 | 34.2 | 34.5 |
| 1862 | 33.5 | 34.2 |
| 1868 | 34.7 | 35.2 |
| 1864 | 34.6 | 34.7 |
| 1865 | 34.6 | 35.7 |
| 1866 | 33.4 | 35.7 |
| 1867 | 34.1 | 36.5 |
| 1868 | 35.1 | 36.3 |
| 1869 | 33.7 | 35.4 |
| 1870 | 34.6 | 35.4 |
| 1871 | 33.8 | 34.6 |
| 1872 | 35.1 | 35.6 |
| 1873 | 35.1 | 35.3 |
| 1874 | 35.0 | 35.6 |
| 1875 | 34.5 | 35.4 |
| 1876 | 35.7 | 35.9 |
| 1877 | 34.4 | 35.6 |
| 1878 | 34.6 | 35.5 |
| 1879 | 34.2 | 35.5 |
| 1880 | 34.2 | 35.3 |
| 1881 | 33.6 | 34.7 |
| 1882 | 32.6 | 34 8 |
It is deserving of remark that the birth rate of St. Pancras
is in each year lower than that of London as a whole.
There were 5079 deaths reported in St. Pancras, giving a
death rate of 21.3. This is .1 less than the death rate of
London for the same period. If the deaths of non-parishioners
occuring in public institutions situated in St. Pancras be
excluded, and the deaths of St. Pancras parishioners occurring
in public institutions situated in other parts of the Metroplis be
included, the corrected number of deaths amounts to 4780,
giving a death rate of 19.89. This appears to be the lowest
death rate during the 27 years that St. Pancras has had a
Medical Officer of Health. The lowest death rate in London
since 1841 was 21.0.
The deaths of 1119 children under one year of age were
registered in St. Pancras in 1882. The corrected number of