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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 1897

Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department

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Table: Under five years of agethe number of deaths and the proportion per 1000 births and per 1000 total deaths were as follow:—

Under five years of agethe number of deaths and the proportion per 1000 births and per 1000 total deaths were as follow:—

Sub-Districts.Number of Deaths under 5 Years.Per 1000 Births.Per 1000 Deaths at all Ages.
Regents' Park227221.5338.4
Tottenham Court178273.1364.1
Gray's Inn Lane245277.9381.7
Somers Town321303.7429.3
Camden Town112237.4359.1
Kentish Town656223.9391.4
St. Pancras1739247.7383.5
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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Notifiable Infectious Diseases.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
Small-poxSmall-pox
Scarlatina or Scarlet FeverScarlet Fever
Diphtheria and Membranous CroupDiphtheria
Typhus FeverTyphus Fever
Typhoid or Enteric FeverEnteric Fever
Continued FeverContinued Fever
Relapsing FeverMeasles
Puerperal FeverWhooping Cough
CholeraDiarrhœa
ErysipelasDysentery

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At the end of the Report, in Table 7c, will be found set out the number of deaths
under 5 years of age, and at 5 years upwards from each of the notifiable Infectious
Diseases in the respective Registration Sub-Districts, and the entire District of St.
Pancras. In Table 8 in a similar manner the deaths from the non-notifiable
"principal zymotic diseases" will be found set out. From these two Tables the
mortality of the respective diseases, and of each of the groups, have been obtained,
as shown in Tables Nos. 9 A and B, and Tables Nos. 10 A and B, and as
compared below.