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St Pancras 1906

[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, tbe daily average numbers of
inmates belonging to St. Pancras housed by them, corrected to the end
of 1905, are as follows :—
St. Anne's Home, Streatham, a branch of St. Pancras Workhouse 421
Lunatic Asylums 1010
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 730
Fever and Small-Pox Asylums 168
Total population 2332
In addition there are—
Leavesden Schools, near Watford 503
Boarded out 35
In Hospitals, B.C. Schools, Training Ships,
&c., about 210
The Children at these Institutions
are part of the
population of the localities
in which they are situated.
POPULATION.
The figures of the 1901 Census have been taken as a basis, and the 2332
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.
West 61,869
South 56,003
East 59,687
North 59,590
237,119
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated in St. Pancras during the year was
2103, being 14 less than in the previous year, and 98 less than the annual
average of the precious ten years.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year was 5744, being 57 less
than in the preceding year, and 756 less than the annual average during the
preceding decennium.