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St Pancras 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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the Borough for the past year. For comparison the figures for the previous year are also
given:—
Ward Births and Birth Rates.
| Ward. | 1927. | 1926. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Birth Rate. | Births. | Birth Rate. | |
| 1 | 485 | 13.6 | 489 | 13.5 |
| 2 | 337 | 15 3 | 427 | 191 |
| 3 | 585 | 16.3 | 612 | 16.8 |
| 4 | 406 | 15.6 | 454 | 17.1 |
| 5 | 535 | 17.6 | 566 | 18.3 |
| 6 | 371 | 17.9 | 448 | 21.2 |
| 7 | 191 | 12.5 | 164 | 10.6 |
| 8 | 389 | 14.3 | 452 | 16.3 |
| Borough | 3299 | 15.5 | 3612 | 16.7 |
1,703 births occurred in Public Institutions, equal to 434 per cent. of the total
births which took place in the Borough.
Table 4, on page 82, shows for 1927 the birth rate of England and Wales, the County
of London, the Metropolitan Boroughs, and certain of the large towns having populations
exceeding 125,000.
Illegitimacy.
Of the 3,299 net St. Pancras births, 228 were returned as illegitimate. This
equals 6.9 per cent, of the total births.
The corresponding figures for the preceding 10 years were as follows: —
| Year. | Rate. | Year. | Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 7.2 per cent. | 1922 | 5.6 per cent. |
| 1918 | 9.5 „ | 1923 | 57 „ |
| 1919 | 8.4 „ | 1924 | 5.9 „ |
| 1920 | 5.6 „ | 1925 | 6.3 ,, |
| 1921 | 5.5 „ | 1926 | 6.3 „ |
Notification of Births.
3,928 notifications of births were received during the year: this includes 135 stillbirths
and 3,793 live births, and represents 97 per cent. of the births registered as having
taken place in the Borough. The Notification of Births Act (1907) states: "Information with
regard to the event shall be given to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours of the
occurrence of the birth of a child, alive or dead, which has issued forth from its mother after
the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy." This notification is in addition to, and not in substitution
for, registration of birth, which must be carried out at a Registry Office within forty-two
days of the birth.
DEATHS.
The net number of St. Pancras deaths registered during the year was 2,621; this equals
an annual death rate of 123 per 1,000 of population.