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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Maternal Mortality.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth :
From Sepsis, 3; from other causes, 3.
Maternal death rate per 1,000 births, 1.8.
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages), 127.
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages), 24.
„ „ Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years of age), 45.
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Tuberculosis
Pulmonary. Deaths, 191; death rate per 1,000 of population, 0.93.
All forms. Deaths, 216; death rate per 1,000 of population, 1.05.
Rateable value, £2,131,839. Sum produced by a penny rate, £8,600.
Rainfall during the year (recorded at Camden Square), 26"0 inches.
Comparative Statistics.
| Rate per 1,000 of Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth rate. | Death rate. | Infant Mortality. | |
| St. Pancras | 15.9 | 12.7 | 80 |
| England and Wales | 16.7 | 11.7 | 65 |
| 107 Great Towns | 16.9 | 11.6 | 70 |
| County of London | 15.9 | 11.6 | 67 |