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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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Table: The Notifiable Infectious Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the Sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths were as follows : —

The Notifiable Infectious Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the Sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths were as follows : —

Sub-Districts.Number.Per 1000 Population.Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park270.7139.3
Tottenham Court110.4124.0
Gray's Inn Lane220.7335.0
Somers Town310.9542.6
Camden Town100.6735.5
Kentish Town820.8248.9
St. Pancras1830.541.1
London47701.57.4

Table: The Principal Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the Sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths were as follows:—

The Principal Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the Sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths were as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Number.Per 1000 Population.Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park912.4132.3
Tottenham Court511.911101
Gray's Inn Lane1023.5162.4
Somers Town1013.1138.7
Camden Town342.3120.6
Kentish Town2542.6151.6
St. Pancras6332.6141.7
London140953.2168.8

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Reference to Table 5b in the Appendix shows that no deaths were caused
by small-pox, the number in the three preceding years were, 1, 8, and 9; that
scarlet fever caused 37 deaths, compared to 51, 44, and 101 in the three
previous years; that diphtheria and membranous croup gave rise to 99 deaths,
the three preceding years shewing 131, 124, and 199 deaths; and that enteric
fever proved fatal in 29, as against 28, 40, and 24 in 1895, 1894 and 1892.
Puerperal fever caused 5 deaths compared to 12, 7, and 12 in the three
years before; and erysipelas 13 deaths, the numbers in the three previous
years having been 11, 15, and 36.