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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 5b shews that measles caused 130 deaths, compared to 217, 86, and
149 in the three previous years; that whooping cough resulted in 121 deaths,
as against 86, 111, and 103; and that diarrhœa and dysentery gave rise to
217 deaths, the numbers in 1895, 1894 and 1893 having been 218, 105
and 188.

Table: The incidence of this disease in the Sub-Districts was as follows :—

The incidence of this disease in the Sub-Districts was as follows :—

Sub-Districts.Number.Per 1000 Population.Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park762.0110.5
Tottenham Court.5721124.2
Gray's Inn Lane782.6124.2
Somers Town652.089.3
Camden Town281.999.3
Kentish Town1641.698.0
St. Pancras4681.9104.9
London77781.893.2

Table: Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.—These diseases, as typical of the respiratory group of diseases, caused 755 deaths, compared to 841 deaths in 1895, 698 in 1894, and 1048 in 1893; the incidence in the Sub-Districts being as follows:—

Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.—These diseases, as typical of the respiratory group of diseases, caused 755 deaths, compared to 841 deaths in 1895, 698 in 1894, and 1048 in 1893; the incidence in the Sub-Districts being as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Number.Per 1000 Population.Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park1112.9161.4
Tottenham Court813.0176.5
Gray's Inn Lane1133.8180.1
Somers Town1444.4197.9
Camden Town553.7196.8
Kentish Town2512.5149.9
St. Pancras7553.1169.2
London13,3463.0161.1