Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1910, are as follows :—
St. Anne's Home,,Streatham, a branch of St. Pancras Workhouse 397
Lunatic Asylums 1111
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 675
Fever and Small-pox Hospitals 129
Total population 2312
In addition there are—
Leavesden Schools, near Watford 513
Boarded out 45
In Hospitals, E.C. Schools, Training Ships,
&c., about 270
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 2,312
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 61,875
South 55,921
East 59,842
North 59,491
237,129
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated in St. Pancras during the year was
2,060, being 60 more than in the previous year, and 83 less than the annual
average of the previous ten years.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year was 5135, being 250 less
than in the preceding year, and 701 less than the annual average during the
preceding decenniuin. The Registrar-General has also transferred to St.
Pancras 497 births occurring outside St. Pancras, and transferred to other
Boroughs 77 births occurring in St. Pancras, a difference of 420. The total
number of births in St. Pancras, thus corrected, stands at 5,555.