Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE SHOWING THE DELAY IN THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS. Year of 52 weeks from 3rd April, 1904, to 1st April, 1905.
Weeks | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10 th | 11th | 12th | Over 12 | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West | 2nd Quarter, 1904 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 101 | 144 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 387 |
3rd „ „ | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 41 | 89 | 140 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 378 | |
4th „ „ | 9 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 96 | 154 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 367 | |
1st „ 1905 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 51 | 103 | 151 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 398 | |
Total—One Year | 18 | 35 | 43 | 82 | 178 | 389 | 589 | 124 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1530 | |
South | 2nd Quarter, 1904 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 74 | 102 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 295 |
3rd „ „ | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 90 | 92 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 281 | |
4th „ „ | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 117 | 94 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 322 | |
1st " 1905 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 111 | 113 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 332 | |
Total—One Year | 13 | 29 | 32 | 63 | 173 | 392 | 401 | 46 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1230 | |
East | 2nd Quarter, 1904 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 60 | 135 | 156 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 466 |
3rd „ „ | 2 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 71 | 119 | 161 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 472 | |
4th „ „ | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 147 | 132 | 41 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 445 | |
1st „ 1905 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 121 | 146 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 424 | |
Total—One Year | 22 | 42 | 48 | 44 | 235 | 522 | 595 | 144 | 93 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1807 | |
North | 2nd Quarter, 1904 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 59 | 114 | 131 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 404 |
3rd | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 51 | 115 | 119 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 372 | |
4th ,, ,, | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 99 | 125 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 368 | |
1st „ 1905 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 107 | 133 | 65 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 403 | |
Total—One Year | 14 | 26 | 49 | 78 | 193 | 435 | 508 | 169 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1547 | |
St. Pancras | West | 18 | 35 | 43 | 82 | 178 | 389 | 589 | 124 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1530 |
South | 13 | 29 | 32 | 63 | 173 | 392 | 401 | 46 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1230 | |
East | 22 | 42 | 48 | 44 | 235 | 522 | 595 | 144 | 93 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1807 | |
North | 14 | 26 | 49 | 78 | 193 | 435 | 508 | 169 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1547 | |
Total—One Year | 67 | 132 | 172 | 267 | 779 | 1738 | 2093 | 483 | 207 | 85 | 45 | 24 | 22 | 6114 | |
Percentage of each week | 1.10 | 2.16 | 2.81 | 4.37 | 12.74 | 28.42 | 34.24 | 7.90 | 3.39 | 1.39 | 0.74 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 100.0 |
N.B.—The table will read thus:—Of a total of 6114 infants born during the year the births of
2093, or 34 per cent., were not registered until the seventh week after the event.