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The five diseases above mentioned were responsible for more than half of the total
deaths which occurred in the Borough from all causes.
The deaths from the infectious diseases—measles, whooping cough, influenza, and
scarlet fever—were also considerably higher than during the previous year.
The deaths during the year are fully classified for causes, age and sex in Table 2 on
page 99.
For purpose of comparison, the death-rates for England and Wales, the County of
London, the Metropolitan Boroughs, and certain of the large towns are given in Table 5 on
page 105.
It will be noted that twenty-one Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower and six a higher
death-rate than St. Pancras, One was the same.
Of the total 2,848 St. Pancras deaths which occurred during the year, no less than
1,669 took place in public institutions, either within or without the Borough ; this equals a
proportion of 59 per cent, of the total deaths.
Ward Death-Rates.
The number of deaths and the death-rates per 1,000 of population for each of the
wards were as follows:—
Death-rates. Death-rates.
1923 1924 1923 1924
Ward 1 10.9 12.6 Ward 5 12.5 14.3
Ward 2 10.7 13.2 Ward 6 13.4 12.7
Ward 3 12.1 13.0 Ward 7 11.2 12.3
Ward 4 12.9 12.6 Ward 8 11.7 12.0
Infantile Mortality.
303 deaths of infants under one year of age took place in St. Pancras during the year.
This is equal to a rate of 74 per thousand births, and is considerably higher than that of the
previous year. This increase, which was more or less general throughout the country, was
almost entirely due to the prevalence of measles, and to a lesser degree of whooping cough,
together with the complications arising from these diseases. The deaths from diarrhoea and
enteritis were well below the average, and there was a marked decrease in those due to
premature birth, debility and congenital defects.
In Table 1, on page 98, the corresponding rates for previous years are given, and in
Table 4, on page 104, the figures will be found for the different wards and registration subdistricts.
Table 5, on page 105, gives the infant mortality rates for England and Wales, the
County of London, the Metropolitan Boroughs, and certain of the large towns with
populations exceeding 125,000.
In the Tables on the next three pages arc shown:—
1. The causes of death of all children under 12 months of age during 1924,
classified according to age at death.
2. The causes of death of children under 12 months of age during the ten
previous years. In this Table the number of births in each year is also given
for reference.
3. The principal causes of death of children under 5 years of age, at various
age periods, during 1924, and the five preceding years.