[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough] page 5

St Pancras 1858

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

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Table: TABLE A. A Table showing the Mortality and Death-rate of, as well as other particulars relating to, certain Streets and Places selected as Specimens from each Sub-District.

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TABLE A. A Table showing the Mortality and Death-rate of, as well as other particulars relating to, certain Streets and Places selected as Specimens from each Sub-District.

Names of Streets.			No. of Houses.	Estimated Population.	No. of Deaths in 1858.	Death-rate per 1000, in 1858.	No. of Deaths in 1856-7.	Average No. of' deaths in 3 years, 1856, 57, 58.	Average Annual Death-rate per 1000, in 3 years.	Main Peculiarities of the Places.
Begent's Park Sub- District.		Little Albany St. and ditto North	69	..	16	..	40	18Üø	.	Near Stables — some badly drained.
		Eden Street Fitzroy PL, Euston	12	200	3	15	11	4Üø	23	Chiefly occupied by Coster-mongers.
		Road	17	340	9	27	40	20	34	Many houses crowded, and occupied by dirty people.
		Upper ditto	12	240	10	40	40	20	34	Many houses crowded, and occupied by dirty people.
		Henry St., Hamp-stead Road	45	1100	36	33	87	41	37	Great crowding.
		Mary Street, ditto	70	1000	27	27	72	33	33	Drainage not good.
Tottenham Court Sub-Distriet.		Mary Place, ditto	19	260	7	27	17	8	31	A cul de sac—lying low— rather crowded.
		Draper's Place	32	600?	19	32?	43	20Üø	34	Crowded—occupied cellars.
		Gresse Street	36	600	18	30	45	21	35	Bad drains—crowded.
		Holbrook Court and Place	10	100	5	50	10	5	50	Occupied by low Irish.
		Hertford Street	20	500?	19	38?	34	17Üø	35?	Poor—crowded.
		Midford Place	8	250	8	32	23	10Ü÷	41	Badly drained and crowded.
		New Inn Yard	3 houses	j 150	3	20	12	5	26	Occupied by Costermongers.
		New Inn Yard	8 shops	j 150	3	20	12	5	26	Occupied by Costermongers.
		Tottenham Place & ditto Upper	40	1000	33	33	64	32Ü÷	32	Poor and crowded.
Somers Town Sub-District.		Southampton Court	• •	• •	2	..	9	3Üø	• •	Only partially occupied of late.
		DrummondCrescent George St., Little.	56	700?	17	24?	29	15Ü÷	22	Rather densely populated.
		Hampstead Road	50	600?	16	26?	45	20Ü÷	34	Drainage not good.
		Hampton Court	11	150	5	33	16	7	46	Inhabitants poor and dirty.
		Pancras Square	110	450	8	18	28	12	26	Each family has 2 or 3 rooms with separate conveniences.
Camden Town Sub-Distriot.		Wellesley Street	36	• •	6	..	25	10Ü÷
		Ashby Street	28	355	13	37	34	151	44	No sewerage—people dirty.
		Charlton King's Rd.	30	..	3	..	5	2Üø
Kentish Town Sub-Distriot.		Ferdinand Place	44	470	14	30	14	9Üø	20
		Ferdinand Street	53	540	16	29	23	13	24	Occupied chiefly by railway men.
		Haverstock Street	19	288?	3	11?	8	3Üø	13?	Street badly paved, and no surface drainage.
		Hethersett Street	15	260	9	34	11	6Üø	26	Ditto ditto.
Gray's Inn Sub-Distriot.		Brighton Street	28	410	17	41	15	10Üø	26
		Britannia Street	63	690	19	28	38	19	28
		Brunswick Buildings or Pearl Cottages	28	. .	9	..	3	4	.	These houses much improved during the period.
		Brunswick Grove	2	..	3	..	2	1Üø
		Brunswick Square	40	190	2	..	6	2Üø	14	Gentlemen's houses.
		Burton Crescent, Nos. 1 to 26	26	155	7	45	2	3	19
		Chads Row	29	323	10	30	19	9Üø	30
		Chads Place	13	90	3	33	7	3Ü÷	34	Road unpaved.
		Charlotte Street	29	284	1	4	9	10	12	Ditto.
		Compton Street	35	355	12	33	17	9Üø	27	Houses chiefly let out in tenements.
		Ditto Place Clarks PL, Bagnigge	24	370	8	22	21	9Üø	26	Occupied by poor Irish— Houses in a bad condition.
		Wells Road	12	140	3	..	5	2Üø	..	Lying rather low.