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St Pancras 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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91.5 per cent of the population of St. Pancras are in private households,
as shown in preceding tables.
The remaining 8,5 per cent are in non-private households and housed as
follows*-

Table: POPULATION IN NON-PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS Census 1951

POPULATION IN NON-PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS Census 1951

Hotels and Boarding houses having-PersonsPer cent
10-14 rooms 982,4891.8
15-24 rooms 42
25-49 rooms 16
50-99 rooms 1
100-199 rooms 7
164
Less than 10 rooms5660.4
Homes and hostels2340.2
Hospitals and nursing homes3,0522.2
Homes for permanently disabled or aged660.0
Police stations etc.200.0
Miscellaneous communal establishments4,8713.6
Defence establishments4510.3
Campers, vagrants, etc.20.0
Private households11,7518.5
126,62691.5
138, 377100.0

Table: The following table gives the Birthplaces of the St. Pancras population included in the 1951 census-

The following table gives the Birthplaces of the St. Pancras population included in the 1951 census-

MalesFemalesTotal
London37,88242,01079,892
Rest of England13,62916,70430,333
Wales1,2741,6872,961
Sc6tland1,8981,5453,443
Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic4,1314,1128,243
Isle of Man112637
Channel islands4955104
Africa488235723
America307213520
Canada115103218
Australasia186192378
Europe4,4533,9078,360
Oceania1-1
Born at sea10919
Not stated6557241,379
65,85872,004137,862
Balance, being visitors to this Country515
Total population of St Pancras138,377