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St Pancras 1909

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

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The Principal Zymotic Diseases.β€”The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the Sub-Districts and the proportion per 1000 of population and per cent, of total deaths were as follows:β€”

Sub-Division.Number.Per 1000 Population.Per cent. of Total Deaths.
West590.956.1
South370.661.6
East711.197.4
North590.997.4
St. Pancras2260.956.4
London62851.319.3

COMPARATIVE MORTALITY.

Throwing the Birth and Dcath-Rates of the Sub-Districts in the foregoing tables into one table, we obtain this result:β€”

Sub-Districts.Birth Rate.Total Death Rate from all causes.Death Rates fromDeath Rates per 1000 Births.
Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia. Pleurisy.Notifiable Infectious Diseases.Principal Zymotic Diseases.Under 1 Year.Under 5 Years
West22.415.61.523.180.300.95124.6178.0
South17.914.41.883.250.120.66126.7178.5
East24.716.01.573.280.511.1998.9165.2
North23.013.31.362.640.250.9990.5144.5
St. Pancras22.114.81.583.090.300.95103.8165.7

ANNUAL BIRTH-RATES AND DEATH-RATES DURING 1909.*

Localities.Annual rates per 1000 living.Infant Mortality:β€” Annual Death-Rate of Infants under one year per 1000 births.
Births.Deaths from all causes.Deaths from seven chief epidemic diseases.
England and Wales25.614.51.12109
76 great towns25.715.61.42118
142 smaller towns24.814.51.08111
Rural England and Wales (i.e., less the 218 towns)25.713.70.8098

* Tlese rates are subject to revision.