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St Pancras 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I.—Table showing the number of Births, Deaths, and Deaths under 5 years of age registered in the Sub-Districts of St. Paneras during the 52 weeks ending December 27th, 1856; also the proportion of Deaths under 5 years of age, the number of Deaths from 6 Epidemic Diseases, and the proportion of Deaths from Epidemic Diseases and Deaths from all causes to every 10,000 Persons living.
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals of the Four Quarters. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Deaths under 5 years. | Births. | Deaths. | Deaths under 5 years. | Births. | Deaths. | Deaths under 5 years. | Births. | Deaths. | Deaths under 5 years. | Births. | Deaths. | Deaths under 5 years. | Proportion of Deaths under 5 to number of Births. | Number of Deaths from 6 Epidemic Diseases | Number of Deaths from 6 Epidemic Diseases to every 10,000 living. | Proportion of Deaths from 6 Epidemic Diseases to Deaths from all causes. | Proportion of Deaths from all causes to every 10,000 living. * | |
| Regent's Park . | 258 | 146 | 46 | 264 | 146 | 51 | 232 | 150 | 88 | 232 | 154 | 66 | 986 | 596 | 251 | 1:3.9 | 112 | 31 | 1:5.32 | 186 |
| Tottenham Court | 216 | 143 | 65 | 232 | 142 | 61 | 192 | 137 | 80 | 211 | 134 | 66 | 851 | 556 | 272 | 11:2.84 | 109 | 35 | 1:6.1 | 213 |
| Strand Union | 38 | 14 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 38 | 11 | 126 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Gray's Inn | 234 | 124 | 47 | 186 | 114 | 45 | 199 | 133 | 58 | 218 | 139 | 71 | 837 | 510 | 221 | 1:3.8 | 110 | 38 | 1:4.6 | 196 |
| Somers Town | 328 | 183 | 63 | 340 | 165 | 75 | 299 | 194 | 107 | 293 | 181 | 91 | 1260 | 723 | 336 | 1:3.7 | 133 | 34.9 | 1:5.44 | 208 |
| Camden Town | 247 | 100 | 46 | 193 | 96 | 47 | 220 | 109 | 61 | 231 | 95 | 39 | 891 | 406 | 193 | 1:3.5 | 76 | 32.4† | 1:5.34 | 190 |
| Workhouse | 124 | 25 | 96 | 20 | 57 | 7 | 87 | 11 | 364 | 63 | 40 | 1:9 | ||||||||
| Kentish Town | 300 | 131 | 52 | 307 | 122 | 62 | 316 | 157 | 78 | 303 | 166 | 81 | 1226 | 576 | 273 | 1:4.5 | 87 | 25 | 1:6.6 | 184 |
| The whole Parish | 1583 | 995 | 358 | 1522 | 907 | 373 | 1458 | 961 | 483 | 1488 | 994 | 436 | 6051 | 3857 | 1650 | 1:3.7 | 667 | 35 | 1:5.76 | 196 |
The total numbers of Deaths have been corrected by deducting those Deaths in the University College and Royal Free Hospitals which were of residents
in other Districts; and distributing the Deaths which occurred in the above-named Hospitals, and also those in the London Fever and Middlesex Hospitals
which were of St. Pancras residents to their proper Sub-Districts.
* The items in this column are calculated by omitting altogether the Deaths in the Strand Union (as not properly belonging to this Parish), and
distributing the Deaths in St. Pancras Workhouse amongst the several Sub-Districts according to their population. The Population has been estimated
as explained in my First Monthly Report. After making these corrections the Mortality of the Sub-Districts and the whole Parish would stand thus
Regent's Park 663. Tottenham 613. Gray's Inn 567. Somers Town 794. Camden Town 450. Kentish Town 644. The entire Parish 3731.
+ If the Deaths in the Workhouse be included this number would be raised to 46.