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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Net Deaths from Stated Causes under 1 Year of Age for 10 Years,
1912-1921 and 1922.
| Cause of Death. | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | Average for 10 years. | 1922 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472 | 512 | 481 | 497 | 385 | 402 | 340 | 336 | 435 | 360 | 422 | 337 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | __ | _ | ||
| 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 15 | |
| — | 1 | _ | __ | __ | __ | _ | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| 21 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 27 | o | 18 | 18 | 17 | 11 | |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | _ | ||
| — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Influenza | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 18 | 11 | o | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||
| — | 2 | 2 | — | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 57 | 105 | 76 | 84» | 57 | 63 | 46 | 47 | 87 | 52 | 67 | 75 | |
| 13 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | |
| 8 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | |
| 24 | 73 | 82 | 64 | 35 | 52 | 31 | 37 | 26 | 63 | 49 | 27 | |
| 7 | 2 | _ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | |||
| 9 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 8 | |
| 4 | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | |||||||
| 22 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 19 | 17 | 31 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 31 | |
| 97 | 93 | 84 | 92 | 75 | 61 | 50 | 68 | 105 | 75 | 50 | 61 | |
| 63 | 53 | 38 | 47 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 45 | 40 | 34 | 45 | 28 | |
| 50 | 31 | 36 | 48 | 25 | 20 | 36 | 35 | 26 | 20 | 33 | 30 | |
| 472 | 512 | 481 | 497 | 385 | 402 | 340 | 336 | 435 | 360 | 422 | 337 | |
| 5,367 | 5,517 | 5,225 | 4,754 | 4,530 | 3,796 | 3,318 | 3,824 | 5,934 | 4,764 | 4,703 | 4,559 |
The number of deaths of illegitimate children under one year of age was 38, equal to a
death-rate of 150 per thousand illegitimate births.