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St Pancras 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Summary of Vital Statistics.
Net registered live births 2,290
| Birth-rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) | 16.2 |
| Deaths, all ages | 1,774 |
| Crude death rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) | 12.5 |
| Adjusted death rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) | 12.6 |
| Infantile deaths | 70 |
| Infantile death rate (per 1,000 live births) | 30.6 |
| Tuberculosis deaths | 105 |
| Tuberculosis death rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) | .74 |
* The crude death rate of the area is multiplied by the factor 1.01 in order to make it comparable,
from a mortality point of view, with the crude death rate of the country as a whole, or with the mortality
of any other local area, the crude death rate of which should be similarly modified with its own factor for
the purpose.
The necessity for the application of this factor arises from the fact that the populations of all areas
are not similarly constituted as regards the proportions of their sex and age group components. Crude death
rates fail as true comparative mortality indexes in that their variations are not due to mortality alone, but
arise also from differences in their population constitution, the two elements being combined in indistinguishable
proportions. The factor may be said to represent the population handicap to be applied to the area.
Applied to St. Pancras, the death rate of 12.5 per 1,000 of population is adjusted by the comparability
factor of 1.01 to 12.6 per 1,000 of population.
| Year. | C. of E. | R.C. | Chapels. | Superintendent Registrar's Office. | Total Marriages. | Estimated Population. | Marriage Rate per 1,000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 741 | 266 | 76 | 1,346 | 2,429 | 167,300 | 29.04 |
| 1940 | 815 | 221 | 80 | 1,235 | 2,351 | 133,200 | 35.30 |
| 1941 | 534 | 185 | 56 | 792 | 1,567 | 103,770 | 30.20 |
| 1942 | 529 | 152 | 42 | 687 | 1,410 | 105,900 | 26.62 |
| 1943 | 445 | 121 | 33 | 602 | 1,201 | 108,640 | 22.10 |
| 1944 | 426 | 130 | 32 | 556 | 1,144 | 105,780 | 21.62 |
| 1945 | 589 | 175 | 51 | 695 | 1,510 | 111,400 | 27.10 |
| 1946 | 471 | 148 | 25 | 853 | 1,497 | 129,410 | 23.12 |
| 1947 | 405 | 179 | 32 | 961 | 1,577 | 136,700 | 23.06 |
| 1948 | 452 | 170 | 32 | 921 | 1,575 | 140,200 | 22.46 |
| 1949 | 389 | 221 | 23 | 934 | 1,567 | 141,330 | 22.17 |
| St. Pancras School for Mothers, 1, Ampthill Square, N.W.1 | EUS | 2972 |
| Camden Town Welfare Centre, Barnes House, Camden Road, N.W.1 | GUL | 1667 |
| Kentish Town Welfare Centre, Raglan Street, N.W.5 | GUL | 1389 |
| North St. Pancras School for Mothers, Queen's Crescent, N.W.5 | GUL | 2988 |
| Somers Town Welfare Centre, Chamberlain House, Ossulston Street, N.W.1 | EUS | 2380 |
| South Highgate Welfare Centre, 1, St. Alban's Road, N.W.5 | GUL | 2008 |
| University College Hospital, Maternity and Child Welfare Department, Huntley Street, W.C.1 | EUS | 5050 |