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St Pancras 1907

[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 1906, are as follows :—
St. Anne's Home, Streatham, a branch of St. Pancras Workhouse
424
Lunatic Asylums
1030
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums
713
Fever and Small-Pox Asylums
189
Total population
2356
In addition there are—
Leavesden Schools, near Watford 521
Boarded out 33
In Hospitals^R.C. Schools, Training Ships,
&c., about 200
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 2356
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 61,927
South 55,955
East 59,680
North 59,611
237,173
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated in St. Pancras during the year was
2130, being 27 more than in the previous year, and 59 less than the annual
average of the precious ten years.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year was 5484, being 260 less
than in the preceding year, and 886 less than the annual average during the
preceding decennium.