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St Pancras 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Births.—The number of births occurring in Public Institutions during the
year 1900 was as follows:—
Homes of Hope, Gray's Inn Lane Sub-District 35
Workhouse, Camden Town Sub-Di«trict 144
Total 179
Population and Death in Public Institutions.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Inmates. | Parochial Institutions. | Daily Average No. of Inmates | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | Total | ||||
| Regent's Park | 28 | St. Saviour's Cancer Hospital | 14 | … | 5 | 5 |
| St. Luke's House | 14 | 6 | 20 | 26 | ||
| Tottenham Court | 437 | University College Hospital | 158 | 127 | 144 | 271 |
| „ „ | Home Hospitals | 20 | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
| „ „ | Central London Sick Asylum | 259 | 2 | 217 | 219 | |
| Gray's Inn Lane | 139 | Royal Free Hospital | 127 | 54 | 135 | 189 |
| „ „ | Central Throat & Ear Hospital | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Somers Town | 119 | Temperance Hospital | 80 | 84 | 45 | 129 |
| „ | Hospital for Women | 39 | 3 | 20 | 23 | |
| Camden Town | 2263 | Workhouse | 2214 | 430 | 7 | 437 |
| „ „ | North West London Hospital | 49 | 16 | 8 | 24 | |
| Kentish Town | 480 | Infirmary | 480 | 312 | 7 | 319 |
| Total in Parochial Institutions | 3466 | 1037 | 625 | 1662 | ||
| In Extra Parochial Institutions | 2312 | 557 | … | 557 | ||
| Totals | 5778 | 1594 | 625 | 2219 | ||
Extra Parochial Institutions.—Of certain Public Institutions situated
outside the boundaries of St. Pancras, the daily average numbers of
inmates belonging to St. Pancras housed by them, corrected to the end
of 1900, are as follows:—
St. Anne's Home, Streatham, a branch of St, Pancras Workhouse 465
Lunatic Asylums 930
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 692
Fever and Small-Pox Asylums 225
Total population 2312
In addition there are—
Leavesden Schools, near Watford 598
Boarded out 90
In Hospitals, R.C. Schools, Training Ships,
&c., about 250
The Children at these Institutions
are part of the
population of the localities
in which they are situated.