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St Pancras 1858

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

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Table: 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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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
Gray's Inn Sub-District continued.	Colonnade	19	266	9 & 1 in Workhouse	38	17	9	37	Some houses crowded, some badly drained.
	Cooper's Buildings.	12	35	..	..	2	Üø	19	Court lying low, with little circulation of air.
	Cromer Street Field PL, Bagnigge	120	1600	37	24	112	49Üø	31	Crowded—Drainage of some part bad.
	Wells Road	5	63	1	16	2	1	16	Lvinag rather low.
	Ditto Street	14	240	4	16	16	6Üø	27	Road unpaved.
	Ditto Terrace	17	220	3	13	13	5Ü÷	24	Lying rather low.
	Fifteenfoot Lane	..	96	..	• •	3	1	• •	Road unpaved—people dirty— drains defective.
	George St. Bagnigge Wells Road	52	700	13	16	40	17Üø	25	Road unpaved.
	Greenland Grove	12	65?	4	61?	9	3	46?
	Guildford Street	100	673	3	5	19	7Ü÷	11	Gentlemen's houses.
	Harrison Street	80	1020	20	20	29	I6Ü÷	16	Crowded—houses let in separate tenements.
	Hastings Street	47	553	21 & 1 in Workhouse	39	20	14	25	Crowded—ditto.
	Henry Street	4	43	2	46
	James St, Wellington Square	19	270	12	44	23	11Üø	43	Drainage bad —some inhabited cellars.
	Judd Street	74	768	17 & l in Workhouse	23	25	141	19
	Manchester Square	41	310	10	32	14	8	26
	Mecklenburgh Sq	44	320	5	16	4	3	9	Gentlemen's houses.
	Melina Place	7	40	2	50	4	2	50	Closed Court, lying low— privies in the houses, not well constructed—occupied by Irish.
	Model Buildings	24	143	2	14	6	2Üø	18	Each house well fitted up for two families.
	Paradise Court	..	24	1	40	1	Üø	27	Closed court, occupied by poor people.
	Paradise Street Pearl Crescent, Bag	18	170	3	18	12	5	29	Road in a bad state.
	nigge Wells Road	16	120	2	16	8	3Ü÷	28
	Prospect Terrace	16	185	3	16	7	3Ü÷	18	Houses let in tenements.
	Poplar Place	11	80	6	75	13	6Ü÷	79	Very filthy—houses unfit for habitation.
	Riley Street	8	102?	..	..	4	lÜ÷	13?	Poor—houses in bad repair — population probably much less than in 1851, owing to empty rooms.
	Sandwich Street	46	797	25	31	31	18Üø	23	Crowded.
	Sidmouth Street	40	360	9	25	18	9	25	Crowded.
	Speedy Place	23	160	1	7	1	Üø	6	A close court, with small well kept houses.
	Swinton Street	60	680	13	19	19	10Üø	16
	Wakefield Street	30	380	8	21	15	7Üø	20
	Wellington Square.	18	260	8	31	18	8Üø	33	Drainage bad—neonle noor.
	Wilson Place	14	180	6	33	16	7Ü÷	41	Very crowded.
	Wilson Street	16	220	2	9	11	4Ü÷	19

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Of the 44 deaths which occurred in Mews during 1858, 21 occurred in the
Tottenham Court sub-district, 12 in the Eegent's Park, 3 in Gray's Inn, 6 in

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St Pancras 1858

Table: 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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