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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Euston Road, N.W.I.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of St. Pancras.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
This Report upon the sanitary circumstances and the vital statistics of the Borough
is the 8.2nd Annual Report that has been submitted and the fourth that I have had the
honour to prepare.
A summary of the principal statistics for the year 1937 is given on pages 12 and
13. It will be noted that the Registrar General's mid-year estimate of the population
again shows a fall in comparison with the preceding year, the decrease being 2000 or
1.09 per cent., and that the birth rate is the same as for 1936, namely 13.0 per 1000 of
the population. This is the lowest birth rate that has so far been recorded.
Graphs illustrating the birth rate, death rate and infantile mortality rate during
recent years will be found on pages 14 and 15 respectively.
Particulars relating to overcrowding in the Borough, as ascertained from the
survey carried out under the 1935 Housing Act, will be found on pages 55.57.
The move to the New Town Hall was made in July, so that work duriug the
latter months of the year was under the greatly improved conditions afforded by our
present accommodation. The change is much appreciated by the staff of the department.
I wish to thank the members of the Borough Council generally, and especially the
Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee, for their encouragement and
assistance throughout the year.
My thanks are also due both to the staff of the Public Health Department and to
colleagues in other Departments for unfailing help and co-operation.
I am, Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
MAITLAND RADFORD,
Medical Officer of Health.