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St Pancras 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following Table shows the number of deaths from several epidemic diseases, and from all causes, in the sub-districts of St. Pancras, and in the two Workhouses, during the quarter ending September 27th, 1856.
| Localties. | Low Fevers. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles and Hooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Cholera. | Other Causes. | Totals. | Corrected Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | 7 | .. | 1 | 15 | 21 | 106 | 150 | 150 |
| Tottenham-court-road | 3 | .. | 4 | 9 | 18 | 118 | 152 | 137 |
| Gray's-inn-road | 8 | .. | 7 | 8 | 22 | 95 | 140 | 129 |
| Somers' Town | 9 | .. | 11 | 7 | 20 | 147 | 194 | 194 |
| Camden Town | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 78 | 109 | 109 |
| Kentish Town | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 110 | 157 | 157 |
| Strand Union | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| St. Pancras Workhouse | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 53 | 57 | 57 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 29 | 57 | 129 | 730 | 983 | 957 |
In the last column, 15 cases have been deducted for Tottenham-court
district, and 11 for Gray's-inn-road, on account of the deaths in University
College and the Royal Free Hospitals respectively, of persons from other
parishes.
By comparing this Table with the similar one for the preceding quarter,
given in my Fourth Report, it will be seen that the mortality has been higher
during the Summer than during the Spring quarters—there being in the former
957, and in the latter 906 deaths. The deaths from diarrhœa and cholera were,
in the Spring quarter, only 11; in the Summer quarter, 129. The mortality
from continued fever has diminished; whilst that from scarlet fever has
increased.
The number of persons that died throughout the Metropolis during the
late quarter was 14,066—which is about a thousand more than in the corresponding
quarter of 1855, or an increase of about 7½ per cent.
The deaths in St. Pancras in the Summer quarter of this year compared
with those in 1855 show an increase of 19 in 957 deaths, being only 2 per cent.
This parish, then, has not been, relatively to last year, so unhealthy as the rest
of the metropolis during the late quarter.
THOMAS HILLIER.