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St Pancras 1902

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

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Institutions without the Borough.—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 1901, are as follows:—
St. Anne's Home, Streatham, a branch of St, Pancras Workhouse 464
Lunatic Asylums 912
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 629
Fever and Small-Pox Asylums 232
Total population 2287
In addition there are —
Leavesden Schools, near Watford 546
Boarded out 60
In Hospitals, R.C. Schools, Training Ships,
&c., about250
POPULATION.
The figures of the 1901 Census have been taken as a basis and the 2237
inmates of Extra Borough Institutions have been added to the Sub-Districts in
proportion to the population as the deaths amongst these inmates are included
in the Statistics in the year, and 500 non-residents in the hospitals in the
Borough have been omitted as their deaths are also omitted.
Regent's Park Sub-District 51,764
Tottenham Court ,, 21,253
Gray's Inn Lane „ 35,052
Somers Town „ 30,677
Camden Town „ 38,747
Kentish Town „ 59,561
237,054
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated' in St. Pancras during the year was
2197, being 64 more than in the previous year, and 23 more than the annual
average of the previous ten years.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year was 6452, being 148 more
than in the preceding year, and 363 less than the annual average during the
preceding decennium.
The Children at these Institutions
are part of the
population of the localities
in which they are situated.