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

  • St. Pancras (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1929?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 The following table gives the number of births and the birth rate in each Ward of the Borough for the year 1923, and for comparison the figures for the previous year are also given:— Ward Births and Birth Rates. Ward. 1928. 1927. Births. Birth Rate. Births. Birth Rate. 1 525 14.8 485 13.6 2 341 16.1 337 15.3 3 569 16.5 585 16.3 4 430 17.2 406 15.6 5 507 17.4 535 17.6 6 340 17.0 371 17.9 7 171 11.7 19] 12.5 8 391 15.0 389 14.3 Borough 3274 15.9 3299 15.5 No less than 1,809 births occurred in Public Institutions in St. Pancras, equal to 45 5 per cent, of the total births which took place in the Borough. Table 4, on page 96, shows for 1928 the birth rate of England and Wales, the County of London, the Metropolitan Boroughs, and certain of the large towns haying populations exceeding 125,000. Illegitimacy. Of the 3,274 net St. Pancras births, 238 were recorded as being illegitimate. This equals 7-3 per cent, of the total births registered. The corresponding figures for the preceding 10 years were as follows:— Year. Rate. Year. Rate. 1918 9.5 per cent. 1923 5 7 per cent. 1919 8.4 „ 1924 5.9 ,, 1920 5.6 „ 1925 6.3 „ 1921 5.5 „ 1926 6.3 „ 1922 5.6 „ 1927 6.9 „ Notification of Births. 3,987 notifications of births were received during the year: this includes 136 still births and 3,851 live births, and represents 95 per cent, of the births registered, as having taken place in the Borough. The Notification of Births Act (1907) states: Information with regard to the event shall be given to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours of the