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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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INSTITUTIONS AND SPECIAL, PREMISES.
Number, Total Population and Inmates.
Note.—Poor Law Institutions, appropriated to Public Health Act or Maternity and Child Welfare purposes at the date of the Census, are classified as Hospitals, Nursing Homes, etc., and not as Poor Law Institutions.
| St. Pancras Metropolitan Borough | Number of Institutions. | Total Population. | Inmates only (Classes 1-12). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons. | Males | Females. | Persons. | Males | Females. | ||
| 1. Workhouses | 1 | 1,020 | 645 | 375 | 960 | 635 | 325 |
| 2. Other Poor Law Institutions | 1 | 49 | 49 | — | 48 | 48 | — |
| 3. Homes for Insane, etc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. „ „ Cripples | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. „ „ Blind | 2 | 49 | — | 49 | 24 | — | 24 |
| 6. „ „ Deaf and Dumb | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7. „ „ Inebriates | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8. Hospitals (not Military, etc.) | 15 | 3,153 | 975 | 2,178 | 2,114 | 920 | 1,194 |
| 9. Convalescent and Nursing Homes | 12 | 286 | 56 | 230 | 124 | 48 | 76 |
| 10. Prisons | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11. Other Places of Detention (Reformatories, etc.) | 3 | 166 | 157 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 12. Naval, Military, etc., Hospitals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13. Naval, Military, etc., Barracks, etc. | 1 | 461 | 374 | 87 | — | — | — |
| 14. Inland Barges and Boats | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |