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St Pancras 1909

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

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Table: The Annual Death Rates for the Year 1909, according to the Registrar-General's Return, were in the six largest County Boroughs and Metropolitan Boroughs at the Census of 1901 as follows:—

The Annual Death Rates for the Year 1909, according to the Registrar-General's Return, were in the six largest County Boroughs and Metropolitan Boroughs at the Census of 1901 as follows:—

County Boroughs.Estimated Population, 1909.Death Kate per 1000,Infantile Mortality, per 1000 Births.Metropolitan Boroughs.Estimated Population, 1909.Death Bate per 1000Infantile Mortality per 1000 Births.
Liverpool760,35719.0144Islington351,20214.6101
Manchester655,43517.9134Lambeth824,18814.5109
Birmingham563,62915.4134Stepney312,52516.0119
Leeds484,01214.1122Camberwell283,02213.9100
Sheffield470,95815.1118Wandsworth297,64612.586
Bristol377,64212.7100St. Pancras237,42215.5102

Table: The Annual Death Rates for the Year 1909, according to the Registrar-General's Return, were in the six smallest County Boroughs and Metropolitan Boroughs at the Census of 1901 as follows:—

The Annual Death Rates for the Year 1909, according to the Registrar-General's Return, were in the six smallest County Boroughs and Metropolitan Boroughs at the Census of 1901 as follows:—

County Boroughs.Estimated Population, 1909.Death Rate per 1000.Infantile Mortality per 1000 Births.Metropolitan Boroughs.Estimated Population, 1909.Death Rate per 1000.lnlantile Mortality per 1000 Births.
Burton-on-Trent54,45312.0102London (City) Stoke18,19322.3113
Great Yarmouth53,43017.5125
Bury59,23416.2130Newington54,42311.880
Barrow-in-Furness62,99612.281Holborn53,80216.8102
Chelsea75,24915.0107
Bootle69,39316.9122Hampstead94,18510.175
Wigan90,67819.1173Finsbury95,28919.9131

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London, Death-rate : 14.7. Highest—City of London, 22.3.
Lowest—Hampstead, 10.1.
The Annual Death Rates during the Year 1909, according to
the Medical Officer of Health, were as follows:—
Uncertified Deaths in St. Pancras 1
St. Pancras—Estimated Population, 237,247. Number of Births, 5,288.
Corrected number of Deaths, 8521.
Birth-Rate, 22.1. Death-Rate, 14.8. Infantile Mortality Rate, 109.
London—Estimated Population, 4,883,938. Number of Births, 110,559.
Corrected number of Deaths, 67,632.
Birth-Rate, 21.2. Death-Rate, 14.7. Infantile Mortality Bate, 108.
The Number of Dangerous Infectious Diseases notified and the Notification-Rate
during the year were as follows:—
St. Pancras—Estimated Population, 237,247. Cases notified 1320
Notification-Rate per 1000 population EG
London—Estimated Population, 4,833,938. Cases notified 29,624
Notification-Rateper 1000 population 6*1