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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Results of Inspection of Public Schools in Saint Pancras, in reference to Vaccination in 1859.
| Tottenham Court Sub-District. | Number of Children in attendance. | Number without marks of Vaccination. | Number with indistinct scars of Vaccination. | Number well protected by Vaccination or Small Pox. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints' National Schools, Pancras Street (Boys) | 80 | 2 | 12 | 66 |
| Ditto ditto (Girls) | 74 | 3 | 8 | 63 |
| Ditto ditto (Infants) | 85 | 5 | 12 | 68 |
| St. John's National Schools, Little Rowland St. (Boys) | 111 | 8 | 19 | 84 |
| Ditto ditto (Girls) | 82 | 7 | 12 | 63 |
| Ditto ditto Fitzroy Market | 111 | 10 | 22 | 79 |
| Fitzroy Chapel Schools, Fitzroy Market | 74 | 10 | 4 | 60 |
| Tudor Place Catholic Schools | 200 | 23 | 7 | 170 |
| St. Joseph's Catholic Schools, Pancras Street | 60 | 3 | 8 | 49 |
| Jenkins' Secular School, Howland Street (Boys) | 101 | 5 | 22 | 74 |
| Ditto ditto (Girls) . | 65 | 3 | 6 | 56 |
| Tottenham Chapel School (Boys) | 115 | 4 | 18 | 93 |
| Ditto (Girls) | 75 | 7 | 8 | 60 |
| Grafton Street Chapel School | 64 | 1 | 11 | 52 |
| Phillip's Gardens Ragged School | 54 | 9 | 11 | 34 |
| 1351 | 100 | 180 | 1071 | |
| Home and Colonial Schools | 606 | 26 | 93 | 487 |
| Woburn Chapel Schools, Margaret Row (Girls) | 241 | 11 | 27 | 203 |
| Regent's Square National Schools, Dutton Street (Boys) | 210 | 4 | 7 | 199 |
| Ditto ditto (Girls) | 115 | 6 | 7 | 102 |
| Ditto ditto (Infants) | 79 | 6 | 7 | 66 |
| Sandwich Street Free Schools (Girls) | 130 | 7 | 17 | 106 |
| Ditto Evening | 110 | 7 | 10 | 93 |
| Peace Cottages Ragged School (Boys) | 1501 | 4 | 19 | 127 |
| Ditto Evening ditto | 100 | 6 | 17 | 77 |
| Britannia Street Ragged School | 70 | 8 | 12 | 50 |
| Britannia Court Industrial School | 17 | 4 | 13 | |
| St. Bartholomew's Evening School | 106 | *8 | 11 | 87 |
| North-London British School, Calthorpe Terrace | 280 | 12 | 61 | 207 |
| 120 | 5 | 59 | 56 | |
| 120 | 7 | 43 | 70 | |
| 2454 | 117 | 394 | 1943 |
Scarlatina, which was fatal in 1858 to 359 persons, destroyed 277 in 1859.
Diphtheria gave 47 deaths in 1858, and 51 in 1859; Measles in l858, 184, in
1859, 105 deaths; Hooping Cough in 1858, 182, in 1859, 145; Typhus, 115 in
1858, and 129 in 1859; Diarrhoea, 115 in 1858, and 222 in 1859; Dysentery,
7 in 1858, and 11 in 1859; Cholera, 5 in 1858, and 4 in 1859.
If the mortality of the different quarters of the year be compared with that of
the corresponding quarters of 1858 and previous years, it will be found that the
winter quarter was more healthy than the same quarter of 1858, but less healthy
than the average; that the spring quarter was a little less healthy than the
average; that the summer quarter was considerably more unhealthy than the
preceding years, and than the average of corresponding quarters in ten previous
years; whilst the fourth or autumn quarter was unusually healthy.
Small Pox was fatal to a certain number in each quarter, to the largest
number in the fourth; Measles was fatal to a certain number in each quarter,
*Many marked with the Small Pox.