Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Area in Acres. | Population in 1861. | LOCALITIES. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS From all causes. | From all causes under 5 years of age. | From all causes over 60 years of age | From Small Pox. | From Measles. | From Scarlatina. | From Diphtheria. | From Croup. | From Hooping Cough. | From Diarrhœa, Cholera, and Dysentery.* | From Typhus, Typhoid, and Relapsing Fevers. | From Puerperal Fever. | From Erysipelas and Pyœmia. | From Tabes, Hydrocephalus, and Scrofula. | From Phthisis. | From Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Asthma. | |
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Children | Adults | |||||||||||||||||||
427 | 34927 | Regent's Park | 294 | 181 | 78 | 29 | ... | 2 | 13 | 2 | ... | 7 | 29 | 4 | 5 | ... | 1 | 6 | 28 | 13 |
Tottenham Court | 122 | 67 | 20 | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 2 | 18 | 2 | 7 | ... | 1 | 5 | 14 | 8 | |||
145 | 28348 | University College Hospital | 211 | 46 | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | 2 |
Strand Union | 20 | 7 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | |||
155 | 27807 | Gray's Inn Road | 229 | 159 | 106 | 18 | ... | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | 15 | 18 | 14 |
Royal Free Hospital | 18 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
184 | 39096 | Somers Town | 338 | 220 | 137 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 10 | 27 | 17 |
171 | 23406 | Camden Town | 193 | 99 | 60 | 7 | ... | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 4 | ... | 6 | 9 | 8 | |
Saint Pancras Workhouse | 89 | 20 | 57 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 | |||
1634 | 44298 | Kentish Town | 582 | 336 | 191 | 47 | ... | 6 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 33 | 15 |
2710 | 198784 | Totals | 1847 | 1290 | 674 | 220 | 1 | 32 | 66 | 18 | 10 | 31 | 201 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 78 | 163 | 96 |
* Twelve of those among Adults were registered as Cholera or Choleraic Diarrhœa. Seven of those of Children as Choleraic Diarrhoea.