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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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T able 9 B.
ST. PANCRAS SUB-DISTRICTS.
TABLE showing the proportion of Deaths from the principal Zymotic and certain other Diseases, the proportion of Deaths at various Ages, and the proportion of Births to 1000 P opulation in the Sub-Districts for the Year 1896.
| Sub-Districts. | Estimated Population, 1896. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Under One Year. | One and under 5 Years of Age | Total under 5 Years of Age. | Five and under 65 Years of Age. | 65 Years of Age and over. | At all ages and from all Causes. | Birth-rate. | Excess of Birth-rate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | 38,144 | 0.71 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.73 | 0.10 | — | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 18.1 | 27.5 | 9.4 |
| Tottenham Court | 26,994 | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.26 | 0.74 | 0.04 | — | 2.1 | 3.0 | 0.81 | 0.70 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 3.2 | 17.0 | 24.7 | 7.7 |
| Gray's Inn Lane | 29,958 | 0.73 | 1.50 | 0.17 | 1.10 | — | — | 2.6 | 3.8 | 0.70 | 0.73 | 9.6 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 20.9 | 28.4 | 7.5 |
| Somers Town | 32,778 | 0.95 | 0.49 | 0.82 | 0.92 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 0.67 | 0.95 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 22.2 | 32.2 | 10.0 |
| Camden Town | 14,889 | 0.67 | 0.13 | 0.27 | 1.20 | 0.07 | — | 1.9 | 3.7 | 0.87 | 0.54 | 9.6 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 18.9 | 30.0 | 11.1 |
| Kentish Town | 100,139 | 0.82 | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.88 | 0.12 | — | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.89 | 0.65 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 16.7 | 29.6 | 12.9 |
| St. Pancras | 242,902 | 0.75 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.89 | 0.08 | 0.004 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 0.86 | 0.68 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 18.3 | 29.0 | 10.7 |
| London | 4,421,955 | 11 | 0.83 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.09 | .. | 1.8 | 3.0 | .. | .. | .. | 4.7 | 3.1 | 7.8 | .. | .. | 18.6 | 30.2 | 11.6 |