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St Pancras 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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THIRD QUARTER, 1869. Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Thirteen Weeks ending 2nd October, 1869.
| 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 Diarrhoea, Cholera, and Dysentery.1 | From Typhus, Typhoid, and Relapsing Fevers. | From Puerperal Fever. | From Erysipelas and Pyoemia. | From Tabes, Hydrocephalus, and Scrofula. | From Phthisis. | From Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Asthma. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Adults | |||||||||||||||||||
| 427 | 34927 | Regent's Park | 291 | 182 | 102 | 22 | ... | 5 | 14 | 1 | ... | 5 | *31 | †1 | 5 | ... | 1 | 15 | 26 | 14 |
| 145 | 28348 | Tottenham Court | 216 | 136 | 75 | 19 | ... | 1 | 12 | ... | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | 13 | 17 | 20 |
| University College Hospital | 56 | 8 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |||
| Strand Union | 13 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 155 | 27807 | Gray's Inn Road | 260 | 129 | 77 | 16 | ... | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | 17 | 10 | 20 |
| Royal Free Hospital | 17 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | |||
| 184 | 39096 | Somers Town | 309 | 189 | 106 | 26 | ... | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 19 | 24 | 21 |
| 171 | 23406 | Camden Town | 207 | 77 | 42 | 8 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 18 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Saint Pancras Workhouse | 97 | 20 | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 13 | 3 | |||
| 1634 | 44298 | Kentish Town | 597 | 338 | 194 | 40 | ... | 9 | 7 | 2 | ... | 28 | 50 | 2 | 8 | ... | 2 | 34 | 26 | 32 |
| 2716 | 198784 | Totals | 1880 | 1234 | 629 | 179 | ... | 22 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 167 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 117 | 133 | 128 |
*Six of these "Choleraic Diarrhoea," and one " Infantile Cholera."
†One of these "Malignant Cholera," and one "British Cholera."