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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THIRD QUARTER, 187 0. Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the thirteen weeks ending 1st October, 1870.
Area in Acres. | Population in 1871. | 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. | 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 | 38192 | Regent's Park | 298 | 165 | 94 | 31 | ... | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | ... | 24 | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | 13 | 18 | 10 |
145 | 29360 | Tottenham Court | 198 | 133 | 73 | 22 | ... | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 |
University College Hospital | 52 | 4 | 8 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 7 | 1 | |||
Strand Union | 20 | 2 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | |||
155 | 29216 | Gray's Inn Road | 202 | 136 | 70 | 29 | ... | 4 | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | 19 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 12 | 10 | 11 |
Royal Free Hospital | 36 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
184 | 38562 | Somers Town | 301 | 241 | 122 | 22 | ... | 5 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 14 | ... | 2 | 20 | 23 | 21 |
171 | 18066 | Camden Town | 206 | 82 | 36 | 18 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 7 | 11 | 8 |
Saint Pancras Workhouse | 104 | 37 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 7 | 7 | |||
1634 | 68198 | Kentish Town | 597 | 342 | 192 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 61 | ... | ... | ... | 43 | 3 | 8 | ... | 1 | 27 | 35 | 14 |
Highgate Infirmary | 22 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | 1 | ||||
2716 | 221594 | Totals | 1802 | 1333 | 632 | 243 | 2 | 21 | 161 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 140 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 120 | 146 | 88 |
* Two children and one adult from "Choleraic Diarrhœa."