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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 4.
Total Births, Total Deaths, and Infantile Deaths,
In this Table the estimated population, total or civil, is distributed amongst the Wards and Sub-districts in the same proportion as at the 1911 Census; the transferred births are allocated to the Wards and Sub-districts in proportion to their respective populations, but some of the births which took place in St. l ancras institutions are not redistributed, but are allocated to the districts in which the institutions are situated; and deaths of residents which took place outside of the Borough and deaths in public institutions are classified in the respective Sub-districts and Wards of their previous residence.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Net Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 total p pulation. | Net Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,oco civil population. | Deaths under 1 year of age. | Infantile Death-rate per 1000 Births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | 4 | 695 | 24.6 | 369 | 131 | 62 | 89 |
| 5 | 721 | 21.2 | 407 | 12.0 | 69 | 95 | |
| 1416 | 227 | 776 | 12.5 | 131 | 92 | ||
| South | 7 | 673 | 34.7 | 180 | 9.3 | 27 | 40 |
| 8 | 747 | 25.8 | 362 | 12.5 | 46 | 62 | |
| 1420 | 29.4 | 542 | 11.2 | 73 | 51 | ||
| East | 3 | 911 | 24.5 | 477 | 12 9 | 66 | 72 |
| 6 | 727 | 29.9 | 293 | 12.1 | 57 | 78 | |
| 1638 | 26.7 | 770 | 12.6 | 123 | 75 | ||
| North | 1 | 795 | 20.9 | 451 | 11.9 | 54 | 68 |
| 2 | 665 | 28.5 | 310 | 13.3 | 50 | 75 | |
| — | 1460 | 23.8 | 761 | 12.5 | 104 | 71 | |
| No Address | — | — | — | 46 | — | 4 | — |
| Whole Borough | — | 5934 | 25.4 | 2895 | 12.4 | 435 | 73 |