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

St. Pancras (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.

Date:: [1914]

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21 In the following table is shown the death-rate for the whole Borough for each of the age periods per 1000 population living at each period:— (Based on the figures of the 1911 Census.) Ages. Population. Death-rate. Under 1 year 4755 101.1 1 and under 5 16,995 15.6 5 „ 10 19,475 3.5 10 „ 15 18,073 2.7 15 „ 25 40,000 3.2 25 „ 35 40,584 4.7 35 „ 45 30,853 10.6 45,, 55 22,493 17.1 55 ,, 65 14,448 32.5 65 ,, 77 7,830 63.6 75 and upwards 2,881 164.8 218,387 15.3 Mortality ok Soldiers and Sailors. After the outbreak of war in August only four deaths of men in the naval and military forces were reported as having occurred in St. Pancras during 1914, and none of these were resident in the borough. Seven such deaths of St. Pancras residents took place during the year in parts of the country outside the borough, and have been counted in St. Pancras. Of the 11 deaths, 6 were from bullet-wounds, 3 accidental, and 2 from natural causes. Infantile Mortality. 481 deaths of St. Pancras infants under one year of age took place during the year. This is equal to a rate of infantile mortality of 92 per 1,000 births.