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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 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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7
VITAL STATISTICS.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Inmates.—The Resident Staff of a Public Institution, being more or less
permanently resident, forms part of the population of the Sub-District in which it
is situated, and the births and deaths among members of the staff form part of the
deaths of the Sub-District. The inmates of Public Institutions on the other hand
are mainly temporary residents, and the number of inmates, as well as the births
and deaths of inmates, require redistribution to their several Sub-Districts. The
number of inmates, and the births amongst inmates, are re-distributed to the SubDistricts
in proportion to population, but the deaths of inmates according to the
Sub-Districts of their previous residence, except those whose previous residence
being unknown, are re-distributed in proportion to population.

Table:

Census 1881.1889.
Institutions.Total number of persons including Officers.Number of Inmates only.Number of Beds.Average Number of Inmates.Sub-Districts.Redistributable.
St. Saviour's Cancer Hospital38383330Regent's Park30
University College Hospital172121209150Tottenham Court410
Home Hospital• •• •2010„ „
Medical and Surgical Home• •• •12„ „
Central London Sick Asylum.387346264250„ „
Royal Free Hospital128196150100Gray's Inn Lane115
Central Throat & Ear Hospital• •• •2015„ „
Homes of Hope• •• •• •• •„ „
Temperance Hospital• •• •6650Somers Town50
North-West London Hospital• •• •4535Camden Town1886
Workhouse1541150920711850„
Infirmary492438523450Kentish Town450
Total27582648• •2940• • • •2940