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

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Marriages The following table shows the number of marriages which have taken place in the Borough since 1939, and the marriage rates for those years:-

Year	C.of.E.	R.C.	Chapels	Superintendent Registrar's Office	Total marriages	Estimated population	Marriage rate per 1,000 population

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Hospitals

Name and Address of Hospital	Telephone Number	Authority under which functioning	Number of Beds

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Climatological Summary, Year 1963 Station, Camden Square, N.W.1. - Lat. 51° 33' N. Long. 0° 8' W.

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December

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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1963

Causes of death	Ages - Both Sexes
	Under 1 year	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65-74	75-	Total
	Under 1 year	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65-74	75-	M.	F.

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DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE - 1963 from stated causes with age distribution

Cause of death	Age
	Under 1 day	1-6 days	1 week	2 weeks	3 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3-5 months	6-8 months	9-11 months	Total under 1 year
	Under 1 day	1-6 days	1 week	2 weeks	3 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3-5 months	6-8 months	9-11 months	M.	F.

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Death rates of infants under 1 year of age

Year	Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births	Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births	All infants per 1,000 live births

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Vital Statistics of St. Pancras since 1924

Year	Population estimated at middle of each year	Nett Registered live births belonging to the borough		Nett deaths belonging to the borough
		Nett Registered live births belonging to the borough		At all ages		Under 1 ye	ar of age	Under 4 weeks
		Number	Rate per 1,000 of estimated population	Number	Rate per 1,000 of estimated population	Number	Rate per 1,000 of nett live births	Number	Rate per 1, 000 nett live births

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Still Births, Ill egitimate Births, and Deaths of legitimate Children

Year	Still births		Illegitimate births		Deaths of illegitimate children
	Still births		Illegitimate births		Under 1 year		Under 4 weeks
	Number (Illegitimates in brackets)	Rate per 1, 000 births(live and still)	Number	Rate per cent. of live births	Number	Rate per 1,000 illegitimate births	Number	Rate per 1,000 illegitimate births

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Maternal Mortality in. Borough of St. Pancras

Year	Sepsis	Other Causes	Total	Rate per 1,000 live and still births
Year	Sepsis	Other Causes	Total	Sepsis	Other Causes	Total

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Deaths from Cancer of St. Pancras Residents during 1963

	Ages																						Total
	Under 1		1		2-		5-		15-		25-		35-		45-		55-		65-		75-		Total

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The following tatole shows the number of deaths of St. Pancras persons from certain diseases during the years 1924 to 1963:-

Year	Cancer	Tuberculosis	Heart disease	Pneumonia (all forms)	Bronchitis	Population

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Deaths from Tuberculosis of St. Pancras Residents during 1963

	Under 1 year		1-2		2-4		5-9		10-14		15-19		20-24		25-34		35-44		45-54		55-64		65-74		75 and upwards		Total
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1963 (with 1962 comparison) Showing number of revised diagnoses

Disease	Notifications						Diagnosis subsequently revised
	Under 1		1 and over		Totals		Diagnosis subsequently revised
	1963	1962	1963	1962	1963	1962	1963	1962

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Notification of Infectious Diseases since 1932

Population	194,000	190,900	187,540	185,300	183,900	181,900	179,400	167,300	133,200	103,770	105,900	108,640	105,780	111,400	129,410	136,700	140,200	141,330	141,300	139,100	139,600	138,400	136,400	134,500	133,100	132,000	130,800	128,700	127,710	125,340	124,470	123,610
	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963

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Measles Particulars of the cases, deaths and incidence and mortality rates of Measles since 1929 are given in the following table:-

Estimated population	Year	Cases				Deaths
		Under 1 year	Over 1 year	Total	Incldence rate per 1,000 population	Under 1 year	1-5 years	5-15 years	Adults	Total	Mortality rate per 1,000 cases

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Number of Primary Notifications

	Age periods													Totals
	0-	1-	2 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 14	15 to 19	20 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 to 74	75-	Totals

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Number obtained from Special Death Reports and by Transfer from other districts

	Age periods													Totals
	0-	1-	2 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 14	15 to 19	20 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 to 74	75-	Totals

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The following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of tuberculosis during the past twenty-four years:-

Year	Estimated populat ion	Notifications			Notification Rate per 1,000 population			Deaths			Death Rate per 1,000 population
Year	Estimated populat ion	Pulmonary	Other forms	All forms	Pulmonary	Other forms	All forms	Pulmonary	Other forms	All forms	Pulmonary	Other forms	All forms

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Tuberculosis Register The following tables gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1963:-

	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	Total

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This work is carried out by either the Public Health Laboratory Service (at Colindale or County Hall), or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square, W.C. 1 .

	Positive	Negative	Total

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(1) Scabies

	Men	Women	Children under 5	Schoolchildren	Total 1962	Total 1963

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(2) Verminous Conditions

					Men	Women	Children under 5	Schoolchildren	Total 1962	Total 1963

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Disinfesting Figures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, etc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin:-

Cause	Sprayed and Fumigated
Cause	Number of cases	Number of rooms and contents	Rooms only	Contents only

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The following table shows the number of persons helped during 1963 and the previous year.

Month	Cases		No. of services
	1963	1962	1963	1962

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The following table gives a summary of this branch of the work of the department during the past nine years:-

	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963

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Details of the work carried out during 1963 in respect of rats and mice are given in the following table:-

		Premises		Total 1963
		Private 1963	Business 1963	Total 1963

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MORTUARY AND CORONER' S COURT The following table shows the work undertaken during the year, with the corresponding figures for 1962:-

	Post-Mortem examination		Received for viewing or convenience only		Total
	1962	1963	1962	1963	1962	1963

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£838. 7s. was recovered from the following sources:-

	£	s.	d

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The following table shows the monthly recordings of the measurements of deposited matter (ash and grit) and sulphur dioxide at Chalcot Road:-

1963	Deposited matter (ash and grit) In tons per square mile	Sulphur tri-oxide in mgs. per day per 100 sq. c. of batch 'A' standard lead peroxide
1963	Chalcot Road	Chalcot Road

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The following table gives the average for each month of 1963 of the daily readings of the concentrations of smoke and sulphur dioxide at a further two recording stations. The highest and lowest readings for each month are also shown. Both smoke and sulphur dioxide concentrations are calculated in microgrammes per cubic metre:-

1963	Town Hall						Chester Road Library
	Smoke			Sulphur dioxide			Smoke			Sulphur dioxide
	Av.	High	Los	Av.	High	Low	Av.	High	Low	Av.	High	Low

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Particulars of factory and other inspections carried out by the Council'S Inspectors for Factories during 1963 are given in the following table:-

Number of visits -

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*Visits to Outworkers' premises are included under District Public Health Inspectors.

	Statutes under which served
	Factories Act, 1961	Public Health (London) Act. 1936	Food and Drugs Act, 1955

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Part I of the Act 1. Inspections, etc.

Premises		Number on Register	Number of
Premises		Number on Register	Inspections	Written Notices	Occupier Prosecuted

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2. Cases in which defects were found

Particulars	Pound	Remedied	Referred		Number of prosecutions
Particulars	Pound	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector	Number of prosecutions

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Part VIII of the Act Outwork (Sections 110 and 111)

Nature of work	No. of outworkers In August list required by section 110(1)(c)	No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists	No. of Instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

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Particulars of the inspections carried out by the Council's Food Inspectors during 1963 are given in the following table:-

Number of visits to-

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Details of the samples are given in the following table:-

	T.T. (Past.)		Past		Ster.		Totals
	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

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The following table shows the detailed results of these examinations for the year 1963 and preceding years:-

	1959		1960		1961		1962		1963
	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%

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The following 4 prosecutions were undertaken during 1963 under the Pood and Drugs Act and Regulations:-

Offence	Result of proceedings
Offence	Fines	Costs

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Marriages The following table shows the number of marriages which have taken place in the Borough since 1939, and the marriage rates for those years:-

Hospitals

Climatological Summary, Year 1963 Station, Camden Square, N.W.1. - Lat. 51° 33' N. Long. 0° 8' W.

CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1963

DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE - 1963 from stated causes with age distribution

Death rates of infants under 1 year of age

Vital Statistics of St. Pancras since 1924

Still Births, Ill egitimate Births, and Deaths of legitimate Children

Maternal Mortality in. Borough of St. Pancras

Deaths from Cancer of St. Pancras Residents during 1963

The following tatole shows the number of deaths of St. Pancras persons from certain diseases during the years 1924 to 1963:-

Deaths from Tuberculosis of St. Pancras Residents during 1963

NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1963 (with 1962 comparison) Showing number of revised diagnoses

Notification of Infectious Diseases since 1932

Measles Particulars of the cases, deaths and incidence and mortality rates of Measles since 1929 are given in the following table:-

Number of Primary Notifications

Number obtained from Special Death Reports and by Transfer from other districts

The following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of tuberculosis during the past twenty-four years:-

Tuberculosis Register The following tables gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1963:-

This work is carried out by either the Public Health Laboratory Service (at Colindale or County Hall), or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square, W.C. 1 .

(1) Scabies

(2) Verminous Conditions

Disinfesting Figures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, etc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin:-

The following table shows the number of persons helped during 1963 and the previous year.

The following table gives a summary of this branch of the work of the department during the past nine years:-

Details of the work carried out during 1963 in respect of rats and mice are given in the following table:-

MORTUARY AND CORONER' S COURT The following table shows the work undertaken during the year, with the corresponding figures for 1962:-

£838. 7s. was recovered from the following sources:-

The following table shows the monthly recordings of the measurements of deposited matter (ash and grit) and sulphur dioxide at Chalcot Road:-

Particulars of factory and other inspections carried out by the Council'S Inspectors for Factories during 1963 are given in the following table:-

*Visits to Outworkers' premises are included under District Public Health Inspectors.

Part I of the Act 1. Inspections, etc.

2. Cases in which defects were found

Part VIII of the Act Outwork (Sections 110 and 111)

Particulars of the inspections carried out by the Council's Food Inspectors during 1963 are given in the following table:-

Details of the samples are given in the following table:-

The following table shows the detailed results of these examinations for the year 1963 and preceding years:-

The following 4 prosecutions were undertaken during 1963 under the Pood and Drugs Act and Regulations:-