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The Registrar-General's short list of deaths at different periods of life will be found
in Table 2 on page 79.
For purpose of comparison, the death rates for England and Wales, the County of
Loudon, the Metropolitan Boroughs, and certain of the large towns are given in Table 4 on
page 82.
It will be noted that 17 Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower and 11 a higher general
death rate than St. Pancras,
Of the total 2,621 St. Pancras deaths which occurred during the year, no less than
1,570 took place in public institutions, either within or outside the Borough ; this equals a
proportion of 60 per cent. of the total deaths.
Ward Deaths and Death Rates.
The number of deaths and the death rates per 1,000 of population for each of the
Wards during the past year were as follows, the figures for the preceding year being also
given for comparison:—