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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427 | 34927 | Children | Adults. | |||||||||||||||||
Regent's Park | 1235 | 650 | 286 | 123 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 39 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 92 | 85 | ||
Tottenham Court | 525 | 218 | 87 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 14 | ... | 6 | 22 | 72 | 83 | |||
145 | 28348 | University College Hospital | 921 | 234 | 24 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | 12 | 3 | 43 | 8 |
Strand Union | 86 | 12 | 40 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 15 | 12 | ||||
155 | 27807 | Gray's Inn Road | 968 | 571 | 295 | 103 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 7 | 16 | ... | 2 | 33 | 73 | 99 |
Royal Free Hospital | 86 | 7 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |||
184 | 39096 | Somers Town | 1371 | 771 | 398 | 113 | 2 | 33 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 47 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 98 | 115 |
171 | 23406 | Camden Town | 838 | 318 | 171 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 9 | ... | 1 | 14 | 30 | 49 |
Saint Pancras Workhouse | 518 | 81 | 234 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 122 | 109 | |||
1634 | 44298 | Kentish Town | 2396 | 1099 | 557 | 208 | 2 | 17 | 92 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 74 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 119 | 137 |
2716 | 198784 | Totals | 7729 | 4858 | 2079 | 973 | 12 | 102 | 237 | 50 | 38 | 128 | 255 | 31 | 99 | 8 | 50 | 235 | 675 | 701 |
* Twelve of those Adults were returned as Choleraic Diarrhœa or Cholera. Seven of those of Children as Choleraic Diarrhœa.
In the Fever Hospital, deaths—23. In the Small Pox Hospital, deaths—11.