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

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Summary of Statistics

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Summary of Vital Statistics

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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 1964 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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Hour of observation 9 a.m.. (G.M.T.) The readings for bright sunshine are taken at Regent's Park whilst those marked * are from Kev

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Registered Live Births

	M.	F.	Total	Rate per 1,000 of estimated population

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Registered Still Births

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Deaths –All Ages

M.	F.	Total	Death Rate per 1, 000 of estimated population

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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION – 1964

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 - 1964 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 Statiatica of St. Pancras s ince 1934

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 year of age		Under 4 weeks
		Number	Rate per 1,000 of estimated population	Number	Rate per 1,000 pf estimated population	Number	Rate per 1,000 pf estimated population	Number	Rate per 1,000 of estimated population

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S till Births, Illegitimate Births and Deaths of Illegitimate Children

	Still births		Illegitimate births		Deaths of illegitimate children
	Still births		Illegitimate births		Under 1 year		Dnder 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 on Borough of St. Pancraa

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

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Deaths from Cancer of St. Pancras Residents during 1964

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

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The following table shows the number of deaths of St. Pancras persons from certain diseases during the years 1924 to 1964:-

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

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Showing number of revised diagnoses

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

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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	187,300	133,200	103,770 j	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	121,870

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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
Estimated population	Year	Under 1 year	Over 1 year	Total	Incidence 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 Notifica tions

	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-five years:-

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

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The following tables gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1964:-

	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	Negat ive	Total

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The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1964 was as follows:- (1) Scabies

	Men	Women	Children under 5	Schoolchildren	Total 1963	Total 1964

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(2) Verminous Conditions

		Men	Women	Children under 5	Schoolchildren	Total 1963	Total 1964

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

Cause	Number of cases	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 1964 and the previous year.

Month	Cases		No. of services
Month	1964	1963	1964	1963

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

	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964

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The above summonses were taken under the following statutes or regulations:-

	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964

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Work by Borough Council in default of owners:-

		1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964

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Details of the work carried out during 1964 in respect of rats and mice are given in the following table:-

		Premises		Total 1964
		Private 1964	Business 1964	Total 1964

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The following table shows the work undertaken during the year, with the corresponding figures for 1963:-

	Post-Mortem examination		Received for viewing or convenience only		Total

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£1,034.19s. 8d was recovered from the following sources:-

	£	s.	d

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Both smoke and sulphur dioxide concentrations are calculated in microgrammes per cubic metre:-

1964	Town Hall						Chester Road Library
	Smoke			Sulphur dioxide			Smoke			Sulphur dioxide
	Av.	High	Low	Av.	High	Low	Av.	High	Low	Av.	High	Low

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

Intimation Notices served relating to	Statutes under which served
Intimation Notices served relating to	Factories Act, 1961	Public Health (London) Act, 1936	Food and Drugs Act, 1955

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Part I of the Act 1. Inapectiona, 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	Found	Remedied	Referred		Number of prosecutions
Particulars	Found	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 (1)	Section 110			Section 111
Nature of work (1)	No. of outworkers In August list required by section 110(1)(c) (2)	No. of cases of default In sending lists to the Council (3)	No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists (4)	No. of Instances of work in unwholesome premises (5)	Notices served (6)	Prosecutions (7)

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The following licences are in force in accordance with these Regulations:-

	Principal licences

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644 samples (31 formal and 613 informal) were taken during 1964 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination, of which 2 formal and 4 informal were found to be unsatisfactory. Details of the nature of all samples are shown in the following table:-

	Formal		Informal
	Genuine	Unsatisfactory	Genuine	Unsatisfactory

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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 1964 and preceding years:-

	1960		1961		1962		1963		1964
	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%

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The following 20 prosecutions were undertaken during 1964 under the Pood and Drugs Act and Regulations:-

Offence	Result of proceedings
Offence	Fines	Costs

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Summary of Statistics

Summary of Vital Statistics

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 1964 Station, Camden Square, N.W.1 – Lat. 51° 33'N. Long. 0°8'W.

Hour of observation 9 a.m.. (G.M.T.) The readings for bright sunshine are taken at Regent's Park whilst those marked * are from Kev

Registered Live Births

Registered Still Births

Deaths –All Ages

CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION – 1964

DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE - 1964 from stated causes with age distribution

Death rates of infants under 1 year of age

Vital Statiatica of St. Pancras s ince 1934

S till Births, Illegitimate Births and Deaths of Illegitimate Children

Maternal Mortality on Borough of St. Pancraa

Deaths from Cancer of St. Pancras Residents during 1964

The following table shows the number of deaths of St. Pancras persons from certain diseases during the years 1924 to 1964:-

Deaths from Tuberculosis of St. Pancras Residents during 1963

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 Notifica tions

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

The following tables gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1964:-

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.

The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1964 was as follows:- (1) Scabies

(2) Verminous Conditions

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 1964 and the previous year.

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

The above summonses were taken under the following statutes or regulations:-

Work by Borough Council in default of owners:-

Details of the work carried out during 1964 in respect of rats and mice are given in the following table:-

The following table shows the work undertaken during the year, with the corresponding figures for 1963:-

£1,034.19s. 8d was recovered from the following sources:-

Both smoke and sulphur dioxide concentrations are calculated in microgrammes per cubic metre:-

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

Part I of the Act 1. Inapectiona, etc.

2. Cases in which defects were found

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

The following licences are in force in accordance with these Regulations:-

644 samples (31 formal and 613 informal) were taken during 1964 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination, of which 2 formal and 4 informal were found to be unsatisfactory. Details of the nature of all samples are shown 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 1964 and preceding years:-

The following 20 prosecutions were undertaken during 1964 under the Pood and Drugs Act and Regulations:-