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St Pancras 1905

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

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Institutions within the Borough.—It is estimated that about 500 of the daily
average number of inmates in certain of the above-mentioned Institutions
in the Borough are persons not resident in the Borough.
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 1904, are as follows:—

Table: 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 1904, are as follows:—

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 1904, are as follows:—

St. Anne's Home, Streatliam,a branch of St. Pancras Workhouse423
Lunatic Asylums998
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums741
Fever and Small-Pox Asylums171
Total population2333

Table: In addition there are —

In addition there are —

Leavesden Schools, near Watford523The Children at these Institutions are part of the population of the localities in which they are situated.
Boarded out45
In Hospitals, R.C. Schools, Training Ships, &c., about228

Table: POPULATION.The figures of the 1901 Census have been taken as a basis, and the 2333 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.

POPULATION.

The figures of the 1901 Census have been taken as a basis, and the 2333 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.

West61,799
South55,910
East59,805
North59,636
237,150