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SECTION 1
General Information and Statistical Summary
General
The Metropolitan Borough of St. Pancras is about 4 miles in length, extending
from near Oxford Street in the south to Highgate Village 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 (66,181 males; 72,196 females) 138,377
Number of households (families) 48,865
Structurally separate dwellings 29,146
Population (Registrar General's mid-1961 estimate) 125,340
Number of persons per acre (estimated average) 47
Rateable value (at April 1961) £3,947,455
Product of a penny rate, approximately £15,800
General rate in the £ for the year 17s.l0d
Summary of Vital Statistics
Net registered live births 2,293
Birth rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) 18.29
Illegitimate live births (per cent. of total live births) 13.47
Still births:-
Number 51
Rate (per 1,000 total live and still births) 21.75
Total live and still births 2,344
Infant deaths (deaths under 1 year) 55
Infant mortality rates:-
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 23.98
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 21.17
Illegitimate „ „ „ 1,000 illegitimate „ *42.07
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) 20.49
Early „ „ ( „ „ 1 week „ 1,000 „ „ „ ) 19.19
Peri-natal mortality rate (still births and deaths under 1 week
combined per 1,000 total live and still births) 40.53
Maternal mortality (including abortion):-
Number of deaths 3
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 1.28
Deaths, all ages 1,400
Death rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) 11.16
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