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 | 308 | 166 | 78 | 30 | ... | 2 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | 7 | 17 | 27 |
Tottenham Court | 153 | 78 | 17 | ... | 11 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | 22 | 29 | |||
145 | 28348 | University College Hospital | 251 | G7 | 11 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Strand Union | 14 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | |||
155 | 27807 | Gray's Inn Road | 224 | 170 | 83 | 27 | ... | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ... | 7 | ... | 2 | 5 | 24 | 37 |
Royal Free Hospital | 22 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | |||
184 | 39096 | Somers Town | 331 | 187 | 90 | 28 | ... | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 6 | 24 | 38 |
Camden Town | 196 | 90 | 50 | 7 | ... | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | ||
171 | 23406 | Saint Pancras Workhouse | 139 | 20 | 61 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 37 | 38 | |
1634 | 44298 | Kentish Town | 599 | 253 | 114 | 63 | ... | 1 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 14 | 34 | 37 |
2716 | 198784 | Totals | 1909 | 1261 | 524 | 247 | ... | 42 | 87 | 20 | 14 | 29 | 14 | 34 | 14 | 39 | 180 | 221 |