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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 1892

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

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Table: CENSUS 1891

CENSUS 1891

Institutions.Total Inmates, including Officers.Special Inmates.Sub-DistrictsTotal Inmates, including Officers.Special Inmates.
Regent's Park Barracks531420Regent's Park772616
St. Saviour's Cancer Hospital4720
Boys Home (Industrial School)171155
Auxiliary Branch Home (Industrial School)2321
Workhouse (Central London Sick Asylum)294256Tottenham Court621463
University College Hospital253161
Medical and Surgical Home126
Home Hospital4424
Memorial Home (Lying-in Hospital1816
Royal Free Hospital187133213148
Central London Throat and Ear Hospital1711
Central London Ophthalmic Hospital94
London Temperance Hospital10371Somer'8 Town156106
New Hospital for Women5335
St. Pancras Workhouse14101350Camden Town14691388
North-West London Hospital5938
Workhouse (Casual Waids)3428Kentish Town591509
St. Pancras Workhouse Infirmary557481

Table: Births.—The number of births occurring in Public Institutions during the year 1892 was as follows:—

Births.—The number of births occurring in Public Institutions during the year 1892 was as follows:—

Homes of Hope, Gray's Inn Lane Sub-district43
Workhouse, Camden Town Sub-district143
Total186

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It is interesting to note that for the three years ending April 30th, 1893, of the
510 births taking place in the Workhouse, no less than 417 were illegitimate, and
only 93 legitimate.