Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department
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Table 8.
St. Pancras District and Sub-Districts.
Table, of Deaths from, certain Causes, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities, occurring during the 52 Weeks ending Saturday, January 1 st, 1898.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Non-Parishioners in Public Institu-tions within the District are ex-cluded. Parishioners in Public Institutions without the District are included. ' Parishioners in Public Institutions, whether within or without the District, are classified in the re-spective Sub Districts of their previous residence. | AGES. | Regents' Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Totals St. Pancras. | Totals St. Pancras, All Ages |
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Diseases. | ||||||||||
1. Notifiable Infectious Diseases | Under 5 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 40 | .. | 95 | 95 |
S upwards | 7 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 100 | ||
2. Measles | Under 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 34 | .. | 84 | 89 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | ||
3. Whooping Cough | Under 5 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 118 | 122 |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | ||
4. Diarrhoea and Dysentery | Under 5 | 35 | 18 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 84 | .. | 229 | 262 |
5 upwards | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | .. | 6 | 3 | 33 | ||
5. Rheumatic Fever | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 23 |
5 upwards | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .. | 22 | ||
6. [Ague.] Influenza | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
7. Phthisis | Under 5 | 2 | 1 | •• | 2 | 2 | 4 | •• | 11 | 486 |
5 upwards | 76 | 53 | 63 | 65 | 42 | 154 | 22 | 475 | ||
8. Bronchitis,Pneumonia & Pleurisy j | Under 5 | 34 | 37 | 48 | 65 | 27 | 121 | .. | 350 | 820 |
5 upwards | 61 | 53 | 83 | 72 | 34 | 168 | 19 | 490 | ||
9. Heart disease | Under 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 9 | 273 |
5 upwards | 43 | 26 | 30 | 44 | 17 | 88 | 16 | 264 | ||
10. Injuries | Under 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 52 | 184 |
5 upwards | 21 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 132 | ||
11. All other Diseases | Under 5 | 108 | 81 | >3i | 12b | 48 | 314 | 2 | 810 | 2081 |
5 upwards | 198 | 121 | 154 | 176 | 87 | 436 | 99 | 1271 | ||
Totals | Under 5 | 226 | 178 | 245 | 320 | 112 | 654 | 4 | '739 | ) , j 4536 |
5 upwards | 418 | 293 | 378 | 406 | 190 | 951 | 161 | 2797 | ||
All ages | 644 | 471 | 623 | 726 | 302 | 1605 | 165 | 4536 |