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7
REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION OF SAINT PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX,
DURING SEPTEMBER, 1858,
by
THOMAS HILLIER, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health for the Parish of Saint Pancras.
October 14th, 1856.] [No. 6.
TO THE SANITARY COMMITTEE.
Gentlemen—
The present return indicates a more favorable state of the public health
than that of last month.
The number of deaths for the four weeks ending September 27th, was 282,
giving a weekly average of 70'5; whilst, in my last report, the average was 80.
The chief difference is caused by the diminution in the amount of infantile
diarrhoea, which gave last month 67 deaths; and in the present report
only 22.
Other epidemic diseases are not very prevalent. There have been 9 deaths
from continued fever, 9 from scarlet fever, 2 from small pox, 5 from measles,
and 11 from hooping cough.
WORKHOUSE.
The number of deaths in the "Workhouse during the four weeks has been
only 10: of whom 3 were under 3 years of age, and 5 over 70. The average
number of inmates has been 1332.