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St Pancras 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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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.
| Area of the borough | 2,694 acres |
| Area of various public open spaces | 555 acres |
| At census 1961:– | |
| Population (60,188 males; 64,667 females) | 124,855 |
| Number of households (families) | 45,391 |
| Structurally separate dwellings | 35,016 |
| Population (Registrar General's mid–1964 estimate) | 121,870 |
| Number of persons per acre (estimated average) | 45 |
| Rateable value (at April 1964) | £12,828,893 |
| Product of a penny rate, approximately | £51,087 |
| General rate in the £ for the year | 8s. Od |
| L.C.C. precept, in the £ | 4s.6d |
| Metropolitan Police precept, in the £ | 9½d |
| Net registered live births | 2,271 |
| Birth rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) | 18.63 |
| Illegitimate live births (per cent. of total live births) | 14.44 |
| Still births:– | |
| Number | 45 |
| Rate (per 1,000 total live and still births) | 19.43 |
| Total live and still births | 2,316 |
| Infant deaths (deaths under 1 year) | 58 |
| Infant mortality rates:– | |
| Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 25.54 |
| Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 20.59 |
| Illegitimate ,, ,, ,, 1,000 illegitimate ,, ,, | 54.88 |
| Neo–natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 21.13 |
| Early ,, ,, ,, (,, ,, 1 week ,, 1,000 ,, ,, ,,) | 14.97 |
| Peri–natal mortality rate (still births and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) | 34.11 |
| Maternal mortality (including abortion):– | |
| Number of deaths | 1 |
| Rate per 1,000 total live and still births | 0.43 |
| Deaths, all ages | 1,247 |
| Death rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) | 10.23 |