Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department page 16

St Pancras 1897

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

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Table 5b shows that measles caused 89 deaths, compared to 130, 217 and 86 in
the three previous years; that whooping cough resulted in 122 deaths, as against
121, 86 and 111; and that diarrhœa and dysentery gave rise to 262 deaths, the
numbers in 1896, 1895 and 1894 having been 217, 218 and 105.

Table: Phthisis.—This disease, the type of the tubercular group of diseases, was the cause of 486 deaths, compared to 468 in 1896, 431 in 1895, and 457 in the year previous to that. The incidence of this disease in the Sub-Districts was as follows:—

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Phthisis.—This disease, the type of the tubercular group of diseases, was the cause of 486 deaths, compared to 468 in 1896, 431 in 1895, and 457 in the year previous to that. The incidence of this disease in the Sub-Districts was as follows:—

Sub-Districts.	Number.	Per 1000 Population.	Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park	81	2.12	120.8
Tottenham Court	56	2.07	114.5
Gray's Inn Lane	66	2.20	102.8
Somers Town	70	2.13	93.6
Camden Town	45	3.02	144.2
Kentish Town	168	1.65	100.3
St. Pancras	486	2.00	107.2
London	7,864	1.71	97.1

Table: Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.—These diseases, as typical of the respiratory group of diseases, caused 820 deaths, compared to 755 deaths in 1896, 841 in 1895, and 698 in 1894; the incidence in the Sub-Districts being as follows:—

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Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.—These diseases, as typical of the respiratory group of diseases, caused 820 deaths, compared to 755 deaths in 1896, 841 in 1895, and 698 in 1894; the incidence in the Sub-Districts being as follows:—

Sub-Districts.	Number.	Per 1000 Population.	Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park	98	2.57	146.1
Tottenham Court	92	3.41	188.2
Gray's Inn Lane	133	4.44	207.2
Somers Town	137	4.18	183.2
Camden Town	62	4.16	198.7
Kentish Town	298	2.93	177.8
St. Pancras	820	3.37	180.8
London	12,732	2.85	157.3

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Table: Phthisis.—This disease, the type of the tubercular group of diseases, was the cause of 486 deaths, compared to 468 in 1896, 431 in 1895, and 457 in the year previous to that. The incidence of this disease in the Sub-Districts was as follows:—

Table: Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.—These diseases, as typical of the respiratory group of diseases, caused 820 deaths, compared to 755 deaths in 1896, 841 in 1895, and 698 in 1894; the incidence in the Sub-Districts being as follows:—