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St Pancras 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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previous year since 1904. The increase is to be regarded as much as a result of the war as
the great decrease in births which took place previously, and there are already indications of a
decline.
The variations in the birth-rate will be seen from the following table which gives the quarterly figures for 8½ years:—
| Year. | No. of Births. | Total for Year (Un-corected). | Total for Year (Corrected). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | |||
| 1913 | 1335 | 1268 | 1266 | 1298 | 5167 | 5517 |
| 1914 | 1222 | 1234 | 1271 | 1218 | 4945 | 5225 |
| 1915 | 1259 | 1129 | 1036 | 1034 | 4458 | 4754 |
| 1916 | 1048 | 1140 | 1050 | 1072 | 4310 | 4530 |
| 1917 | 1046 | 974 | 797 | 818 | 3635 | 3796 |
| 1918 | 842 | 840 | 848 | 809 | 3339 | 3318 |
| 1919 | 775 | 747 | 977 | 1305 | 3804 | 3824 |
| 1920 | 1806 | 1581 | 1453 | 1351 | 6191 | 5934 |
| 1921 | 1325 | 1308 | — | — | — | — |
1266 births occurred in Public Institutions in St. Pancras, equal to 20.4 per cent. of
the total births which took place in the Borough.
Table 5, on page 91, shows the birth-rate for 1920 of England and Wales, the County
of London, the several Metropolitan Boroughs, and certain of the large towns with populations
exceeding 125,000.
Illegitimacy.
Of the 5,934 net St. Pancras births, 332, or 5.6 per cent., were returned as illegitimate.
The corresponding figures for 1919, 1918, 1917, 1916, 1915, 1914 and 1913, were 8.4, 9 5,
7.2, 7.0 5.4, 4.4, and 4.7 per cent, respectively.
Of the 6,191 births in St. Pancras (uncorrected) 393 or 6.3 per cent. were returned as
illegitimate.
Notification of Births.
5958 notifications of births were received during 1920, including 177 still-births and
5781 live births, or 93 per cent. of the births registered as having taken place in the Borough.
Details in regard to the notifications will be found on page 22.
DEATHS.
Deaths of civilians only are included in the following figures.
The net number of St. Pancras (civil) deaths registered during the year was 2,895,
making an annual death rate of 12.4 per thousand civil population.
The number of (civil) deaths registered during the year as having taken place in
the Borough was 3,007. Of these, 713 were of persons whose residence was not in St. Pancras
(non-parishioners), 630 dying in St. Pancras institutions, and 83 in other parts of the