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St Pancras 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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'•mogQLITAN BOROUGH OP SAINT PANCRAS
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED INTERIM)'REPORT OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1939
POPULATION Registrar General's estimate of
| (a) resident population, mid 1939 | 177,900 |
| (b) average population appropriate to tho calculation of death, rates | 167,300 |
NOTE: Estinat .'1 population, 177,900, includes
soldiers, sailors and airnon recruitqd
from the borough, and it is inadvisable
to use this figure in calculating the
doath rates of the civil population.
LIVE BIRTHS
| Total | It | F | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,922 | 950 | 932 | Birth rati per 1,000 estimated resident populat ion | 1 12.29 | ||
| Illegitimate | 265 | 126 | 139 | ||||
| Total | 2,187 1, | llo | 1,071 | ||||
| STILL BIRTHS | |||||||
| Logitimat 3 | 54 | 27 | . 27 | Rate per 1,000 total (liv j and still) births | 26.70 | ||
| Illegitimat3 | 6 | 2 | 4. | ||||
| Total | So | 29 | 21 | ||||
| DEATHS | 2,170 1, | 171 | 999 | Death rate per 1,000 estimated average population | 12.97 | ||
| DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES | |||||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births | ||||||
| Puerperal s psis | 1 | 0.44 | |||||
| Other puerperal causes | 2 | 0.89 | |||||
| Total | 1.33 | ||||||
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER OIJE YEAR OF AGE
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 54 |
| Legitimate infants pjr 1,000 legitimate live births | 44 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 98 |
The total number of notified births, Including stillbirths,
from all sources was 1942. Of this number 1734
were notifiod by midwives.