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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 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: SUMMARY OF THE FOUR QUARTERS, 13G9. Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Fifty-two Weeks ending 1st January, 1870.

SUMMARY OF THE FOUR QUARTERS, 13G9. Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Fifty-two Weeks ending 1st January, 1870.

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 CoughFrom Diarrhoea, Cholera, and Dysentery.‡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.
ChildrenAdults.
42734927Regent's Park1199688333115...18502223*8+215174995129
14528348Tottenham Court87652221096...534...2271518234265116
University College Hospital2212322.........112...321253331
Strand Union811128..................2............51717
15527807Gray's Inn Road930546248981634442322316134389113
Royal Free Hospital80519............1...............31142
18439096Somers Town1305800391140...7344846381172578122149
17123406Camden Town81633615559...2193...17231932222584
Saint Pancras Workhouse50386257...1............110235345459
163444298Kentish Town24541265617225...296866835543049102142197
2716198784Totals7580504221091059168239202422119425991739381656897

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*Six of these "Choleraic Diarrhoea," and one "Infantile Cholera."
†One of these "Malignant Cholera" and ono "British Cholera"
‡xclusive of 25 deaths in the London Fever Hospital.