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St Pancras 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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ST. PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX.
SECOND QUARTER, 1871.
Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Thirteen Weeks ending 1st July, 1871.
| Area in Acres. | Population in 1871. | LOCALITIES. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. From all causes. | From all causes under 1 year of age. | From all causes under 5 years of age. | From all causes over CO 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 Pyoemia. | From Tabes, Hydrocephalus, and Scrofula. | From Phthisis. | From Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Asthma. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| † Children | Adults | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 427 | 38192 | Regent's Park | 327 | 180 | 49 | 80 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 19 | 14 | 34 |
| Tottenham Court | 206 | 121 | 33 | 59 | 20 | 10 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 7 | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | 11 | 14 | 18 | ||
| 145 | 29360 | University College Hospital | 59 | ... | 6 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |
| Strand Union | 20 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | |||
| 155 | 29216 | Gray's Inn Road | 243 | 144 | 38 | 58 | 36 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| Royal Free Hospital | 32 | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 184 | 38562 | Somers Town | 312 | 212 | 38 | 86 | 33 | 74 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| 171 | 18066 | Camden Town | 195 | 96 | 28 | 39 | 14 | 18 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
| Saint Pancras Workhouse | 80 | 18 | 19 | 38 | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | 12 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1634 | 68198 | Kentish Town | 581 | 277 | 70 | 123 | 45 | 46 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | 3 | 20 | 26 | 25 |
| Highgate Infirmary | 39 | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 2716 | 221594 | Totals | 1864 | 1260 | 274 | 472 | 259 | 194 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 15 | 100 | 130 | 179 |
| * One of these in the Temporary Small Pox Hospital. | †One of these, a child, from Choleraic Diarrhœa. | ||||||||||||||||||||