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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 1896

Forty-first annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London

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DEATHS.
During the year 1896, the corrected total number of deaths from all causes
at all ages was 4460,being 334 less than during the preceding year,and 396 below
the annual 'average of the preceding ten years. Per 1000 of the population
the death-rate was 18.3, compared with 20"3 in the previous year, and an
annual average of 20.3 in the preceding decennium.

Table: The total number of deaths and the death-rates in the Sub-Districts are set out below, 176 deaths from all causes not referable to any particular Sub-Districts being distributed according to population:—

The total number of deaths and the death-rates in the Sub-Districts are set out below, 176 deaths from all causes not referable to any particular Sub-Districts being distributed according to population:—

Sub-Districts.Number of Deaths.Death-rate.
Regent's Park68818.1
Tottenham Court45917.0
Gray's Inn Lane62820.9
Somers Town72822.2
Camden Town28218.9
Kentish Town167516.7
St. Pancras446018.3
London8351118.6

Table: AGES AT DEATH.Tinder one year of agethe number of deaths and the proportion per 1000 births and per 1000 total deaths were as follows: —

AGES AT DEATH.

Tinder one year of agethe number of deaths and the proportion per 1000 births and per 1000 total deaths were as follows: —

Sub-Districts.Number of Deaths under 1 Year.Per 1000 Births.Per 1000 Deaths at all Ages.
Regent's Park173165.0251.6
Tottenham Court114170.7248.5
Gray's Inn Lane147172.8234.2
Somers Town213201.6292.7
Camden Town85190.1301.5
Kentish Town453152.5270.5
St. Pancras1185168.3265.8
London21853160.9261.8