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St Pancras 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: [SCHEDULE A.] St. Pancras, Middlesex.—Deaths during the Four Weeks ending: the 26th day of July, 1853.Births during the same period.

[SCHEDULE A.] St. Pancras, Middlesex.—Deaths during the Four Weeks ending: the 26th day of July, 1853.Births during the same period.

LOCALITIES.Area in Acres.No. of Inhabited Houses.Population.M.F.Deaths in Hospitals.TOTALS.AT WHAT AGES?FROM WHAT CAUSES ?
0 to 33 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 and over.Fevers.Diarrhœa (not of Infants.)Diarrhœa of Infants.Scarlet Fever.Small Pox.Erysipelas, Pyœmia, and Puerperal Fever.Hooping Cough.Measles.Bronchitis and Pneumonia of Infants.Convulsions of Infants.Consumption and other tubercular diseases.Violence, Privation, and Poison.Premature Birth & Congenital Debility.Other diseases chiefly chronic.M.F.Totals.
MF.M.F.M.F
Regent's Park42735753191818211..1925442253211213223121....110137..411343771
Tottenham Court Road145258627933311545352055252....34554431..51....221387421284068
Strand Union....50055....5510............12313....................4....6
Gray's Inn Road15529462652311193214213511..1113536312........1..2216..117293059
Somers Town1843731356412824112925542544112523252..21..14312141518523688
Camden Town1712498195151813....181331132..11..12551....1......213281112344478
Workhouse....16001112..11113241........34124911................4..117
Kentish Town163432482332624223..2722491422..26376252131113..22593165947106
The whole Parish2716185841669561461351291581443021111510591926233223291141541312181013561819118236234470
[SCHEDULE A.] St. Pancras, Middlesex.—Deaths during the Four Weeks ending: the 26th day of July, 1853.Births during the same period.
LOCALITIES.Area in Acres.No. of Inhabited Houses.Population.M.F.Deaths in Hospitals.TOTALS.AT WHAT AGES?FROM WHAT CAUSES ?
0 to 33 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 and over.Fevers.Diarrhœa (not of Infants.)Diarrhœa of Infants.Scarlet Fever.Small Pox.Erysipelas, Pyœmia, and Puerperal Fever.Hooping Cough.Measles.Bronchitis and Pneumonia of Infants.Convulsions of Infants.Consumption and other tubercular diseases.Violence, Privation, and Poison.Premature Birth & Congenital Debility.Other diseases chiefly chronic.M.F.Totals.
MF.M.F.M.F
Regent's Park42735753191818211..1925442253211213223121....110137..411343771
Tottenham Court Road145258627933311545352055252....34554431..51....221387421284068
Strand Union....50055....5510............12313....................4....6
Gray's Inn Road15529462652311193214213511..1113536312........1..2216..117293059
Somers Town1843731356412824112925542544112523252..21..14312141518523688
Camden Town1712498195151813....181331132..11..12551....1......213281112344478
Workhouse....16001112..11113241........34124911................4..117
Kentish Town163432482332624223..2722491422..26376252131113..22593165947106
The whole Parish2716185841669561461351291581443021111510591926233223291141541312181013561819118236234470

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N.B.—The Divisions are those of the Registrar General, which do not quite correspond with any other divisions. The numbers of houses and of the population
are derived from the last census in 1851.
Eight Deaths in the University College Hospital, and Two Deaths in the Royal Free Hospital were of Persons from other Parishes.