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St Pancras 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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St. Pancras, Middlesex.
TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
Being the Report for the Year 1883.
TO THE VESTRY OF ST. PANCRAS.
Gentlemen,
I have estimated the population of our Parish during the
year 1883 to be 239,174. This estimate is based upon the
fact that in the preceding decade the population of St.
Pancras had increased annually at the rate of 0.66 per cent.
Upon the estimated population of 239,174 the birth and
death rates of 1883 will be calculated.
The following is the estimated population of the different sub-registration districts:—
| Sub-registration Districts' Population. | *Exclusive of certain Public Institutions. | |
| Regent's park | 39,297 | 89,297 |
| Tottenham court road | 27,401 | 26,920 |
| Gray's Inn lane | 30,448 | 80,298 |
| Somers town | 34,500 | 34,500 |
| Camden town | 17,185 | 15,411 |
| Kentish town | 90,348 | 89,820 |
The Registrar-General's year to which this Report relates
begins on December 31st, 1882, and ends on December 29th,
1883, and therefore consists of 52 weeks.
During this period 7,719 births were registered in St.
Pancras, being at the rate of 32.2 per 1,000 of population.
This is the lowest birth rate St. Pancras has had since 1860,
and is 1.7 lower than that of London as a whole.
*University College Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, Workhouse, Cleveland
street, and St. Pancras Infirmaries.