London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE I.
| Number of Births in Weekly Returns | 5811 | |
| Number of Visits paid | 1561 | |
| Number of Inquiries made | 1009 | |
| 77 | ||
| 86 | ||
| †(e) Found correct | 846 | |
| 1009 | ||
* The numbers of "Not known" and "Removed" would have been considerably
less if the birth had been registered within 5 days (instead of within
(6—12 weeks) so that the Infant might have been visited earlier.
† Of the 846 "Found correct," in 24 cases the Infant was illegitimate ; and
in 27 cases it was either not possible or else not advisable to press for detailed
information, so in the Feeding and Weaning Tables (pages 55, 5G and 57)
only 795 (i.e., 846—24—27) Infants are dealt with.
TABLE II.
| Births5811 | 5533 Legitimate. |
| 278 Illegitimate. | |
| Deaths (under 12 months of age) 785 | 695 Legitimate. |
| 190 Illegitimate. |
* Of the 90 deaths, amongst those termed Illegitimate, 79 were undoubtedly
illegitimate; 2 were doubtful, but most probably so; and 9 were newly born and
found dead in the street, and in all probability illegitimate.
Total Infant Mortality Rate 135.08
Legitimate Infant Mortality Rate 125.6
Illegitimate Infant Mortality Rate 323.74