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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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Maternal (Puerperal) Mortality.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth :
From Sepsis, 9; from other causes, 5.
Total Puerperal Mortality, 51 per 1000 births (live and still).
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages), 27.
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages), 25.
„ „ Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years of age), 57.
Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary. Deaths, 164; death rate per 1000 of population, 0'84.
All forms. Deaths, 189; death rate per 1000 of population, 0*97.
Rateable value, ±2,084,068. Sum produced by a penny rate, £8,200.
Rainfall during the year (recorded at Camden Square), 23'3 inches
Comparative Statistics.
| Rate per 1000 of Population. | Rate per 1000 Births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth rate | Death rate. | Infant Mortality. | |
| England and Wales | 15.3 | 12. | 65 |
| 118 Great Towns | 15.4 | 12. | 70 |
| County of London | 14. | 12. | 67 |