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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 1870

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

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Table: SUMMARY OF THE FOUR QUARTERS, 1870. Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Fifty-two Weeks ending 31st December, 1870.

SUMMARY OF THE FOUR QUARTERS, 1870. Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Fifty-two Weeks ending 31st December, 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 ageFrom 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.
ChildrenAdults
42738192Regent's Park1196789368157413814424381017245689139
14529360Tottenham Court883594266125...125651925...12165578110
University College Hospital2221925......3...1121111164422
Strand Union111958..................111......22416
15529216Gray's Inn Road93953824311441836411325515234256120
Royal Free Hospital1171412..................1...6...371413
18438562Somer Town1311825351152...20981371137636765782153
17118066Camden Town8703491529712274...8715...1273978
Saint Pancras Workhouse42797228............2...3.........6402759
163468198Kentish Town243313496462631222176510336043141298153191
Highgate Infirmary99128..............................443516
2716221594Totals76325120216612352187477352699199281241756394641917