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General Information and
Statistical Summary
General
The borough of St. Pancras is about 4 miles long, extending from near
Oxford Street in the south to Highgate in the north, and averages about a mile
in width, from the Outer Circle of Regent's Park in the west to York Way in the
east.
Summary of Statistics
Area of the borough 2,694 acres
Area of various public open spaces 555 acres
At census 1951:-
Population 138,377
(66,181 males: 72,196 females)
Number of households (families) 48,865
Structurally separate dwellings 29,146
Population (Registrar General's mid-1956 estimate) 133,100
Number of persons per acre (estimated average) 49
Rateable value £3,723,700
Product of a penny rate about £14,425
General rate in the £ for the year 14s. 6d
Summary of Vital Statistics
Net registered live births 2,366
Birth-rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) 17.77
Deaths, all ages 1,528
Death rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) 11.48
Infantile deaths 53
Infantile death rate (per 1,000 live births) 22.40
Tuberculosis deaths 28
Tuberculosis death rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) .21
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