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St Pancras 1912

[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 1911, are as follows:—
St. Anne's Home,,Streatham, a branch of St. Pancras Workhouse 370
Lunatic Asylums 1119
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 711
Fever and Small-pox Hospitals 200
Total population 2400
In addition there are —
Leavesden Schools, near Watford 532
Boarded out 45
In Hospitals, R.C. Schools, Training Ships,
&c., about 328
The Children at these Institutions
are part of the
population of the localities
in which they are situated.
POPULATION.
The figures of the 1911 census have been taken as a basis, and the 2.400
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 59,672
South 45,320
East 57,047
North 58,314
220,353
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated in St. Pancras during the year was
2237, being 177 more than in the previous year, and 161 more than the annual
average of the precious ten years.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year was 5008, being 127 less
than in the preceding year, and 399 less than the annual average during the
preceding decennium. The Registrar-General has also transferred to St.
Pancras 457 births occurring outside St. Pancras, and transferred to other
Boroughs 98 births occurring in St. Pancras, a difference of 359. The Total
number of births in St. Pancras, thus corrected, stands at 5367.