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St Pancras 1910

[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 1909, are as follows :—
St. Anne's Home, Streatham, a branch of St. Pancras Workhouse... 406
Lunatic Asylums 1095
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 690
Fever and Small-pox Asylums 170
Total population 2861
In addition there are —
Leavesden Schools, near Watford 550
The Children at these Tnsti
Boarded out 44 tutions are part of the
In Hospitals, R.C. Schools, Training Ships, population of the locality
in which they are situated
&c., about 200 .
POPULATION.
The figures of the 1001 census have been taken as a basis, and the 2,361
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 61,891
South 55 952
East 59,794
North 59,541
237,178
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated in St. Pancras during the year was
2,000, being 7 more than in the previous year and 102 less than the annual
average of the previous ten years.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year was 5,385, being 147 more
than in the preceding year, and 562 less than the annual average during the
preceding decennium.