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St Pancras 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The corresponding figures for previous years are given on page 14.
The following table gives the number of births and the birth rate in each Ward of the Borough for the year 1937, and for comparison the figures for the previous year are also given:—
Ward Births and Birth Rates.
| Word | 1937. | 1936. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Birth Rate. | Birtlis. | Birth Rate. | |
| 445 | 13.4 | |||
| 2 | 246 | 13.5 | ||
| 3 | 477 | 15.5 | ||
| 4 | 315 | 14.2 | ||
| 5 | 340 | 12.7 | ||
| 6 | 197 | 11.8 | ||
| 7 | 116 | 9.6 | ||
| 8 | 253 | 10.6 | ||
| 2389 | 13.0 | |||
No less than 2,871 births occurred in Public Institutions in St. Pancraa, equal to
7o-6 per cent, of the total births which took place in the Borough.
Illegitimacy.
Of the 2,364 net St. Pancras births, 221 were recorded as being illegitimate. This
equals 9.3 per cent, of the total births registered.
The corresponding figures for the preceding 10 years were as follows :—
| 1927 | 69 per cent. | 1932 | 8.0 per cent. |
| 1928 | 7.3 „ | 1933 | 8.8 „ |
| 1929 | 7.8 „ | 1934 | 9.8 „ |
| 1930 | 8.4 „ | 1935 | 8.8 „ |
| 1931 | 8.l3 „ | 1936 | 9.7 „ |
In the years before the great War the illegitimate births in the Borough were from 4
to 5 per cent, of the total births registered. During the war years the rate increased to about
9 per cent., and although a decrease then occurred, an upward tendency in the number of
illegitimate births has been apparent during recent years.
Notification of Births.
The notifications of births received during the year numbered 3,929; which includes
131 still-births and 3,798 live births. The figure of live births notified represents 100 per
cent, of the births registered as having taken place in the Borough. The Notification of
Births Acts (1907-1915) require: "Information with regard to the event to be given to the