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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras]
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II.—VITAL STATISTICS.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Births.—The number of births occurring in Public Institutions during the
year 1895 was as follows:—
Homes of Hope, Gray's Inn Lane Sub-District 40
Workhouse Camden Town Sub-District 197
Total 237
| Sub-District. | No. of Inmates. | Parochial Institutions. | Daily Average No. of Inmates. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | Total. | ||||
| Regent's Park | 45 | St. Saviour's Cancer Hospital | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| „ „ | St. Luke's House | 15 | 10 | 26 | 36 | |
| Tottenham Court | 425 | University College Hospital | 160 | 152 | 169 | 321 |
| „ „ | Home Hospitals | 15 | 2 | 15 | 17 | |
| „ „ | Central London Sick Asylum | 250 | 7 | 151 | 158 | |
| Gray's Inn Lane | 165 | Royal Free Hospital | 150 | 45 | 107 | 152 |
| „ „ | Central Throat & Ear Hospital | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Somers Town | 85 | Temperance Hospital | 50 | 78 | 22 | 100 |
| „ „ | Hospital for Women | 35 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Camden Town | 1535 | 1500 | 323 | 12 | 335 | |
| „ „ | North West London Hospital | 35 | 62 | 7 | 69 | |
| Kentish Town 500 | Infirmary | 500 | 266 | 8 | 274 | |
| Total in Parochial Institutions | 2740 | 950 | 541 | 1491 | ||
| In Extra Parochial Institutions | I860 | 470 | 0 | 470 | ||
| 4600 | 1420 | 541 | 1961 | |||
Extra Parochial Institutions.—Of certain Public Institutions situated outside
the boundaries of St. Pancras, the daily average number of inmates
belonging to St. Pancras housed by them are as follows:—
St. Anne's Home, Streatham—a Branch of the St. Pancras
Workhouse 419
Holborn and other Workhouses 136
Extra Metropolitan Lunatic Asylums 491
Imbecile and Idiot Asylums 759
Fever and Smallpox Asylums 55
1860