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There were 4,965 deaths registered during the year in St.
Pancras, giving a death rate of 20.76 per 1,000 of population.
This is 0.2 higher than that of London as a whole. If the
deaths of non-parishioners occurring in public institutions
situated in St. Pancras are excluded, and the deaths of St.
Pancras parishioners occurring in public institutions situated
in other parts of the Metropolis are included, the corrected
number of deaths amounts to 4,677, giving a death rate of
19.55. This is 0.32 lower than last year.
The number of children under one year of age who died
during 1883 was, 1,107, but the corrected number was 1,100,
or in the proportion of 235.1 per 1,000 of the corrected total
deaths and 142.5 of each 1,000 registered births during the
year. In London as a whole the proportion of deaths under
one year is 241.9 per 1,000, or 6 8 above that of St. Pancras
for the same period. During the preceding ten years in
St. Pancras the proportion per 1,000 deaths from all causes
has been 244.8, or 9.7 above that of 1883.
Under five years of age the corrected number of deaths
which were registered amounted to 1,772, being 378.8 per
1,000 of total deaths. This is lower than any year since
1876, when it was 375.8 per 1,000, and is 34.0 lower than
last year. The average proportion at this age in St. Pancras
during the last ten years is 402.8 per 1,000, and in London
during 1883 it is 416.3.
Between the ages of five and sixty-five 2,024, and above
sixty-five years 881 deaths of St. Pancras parishioners took
place during the year; these are more than during 1882.
In 1883 there were 1,357 deaths in Public Institutions in
the Parish, being 134 more than in the preceding year, and
1,069 St. Pancras parishioners died in Public Institutions in
the Parish and in other parts of the Metropolis, being 228.5
per 1,000 of total deaths, and 45.0 per 1,000 more than last
year.
At the end of this Report will be found a series of Tables
recommended by the Society of Medical Officers of Health.
Table I. shows the population, the number of inhabited
houses, of marriages, births, and deaths during 1883 and the
ten preceding years.