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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 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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and the annual rates of mortality were respectively 21.28 and 25.19
per 1,000 persons living.
In 1872 the death-rate was 21.28 per 1,000.
„ 1871 „ 25.19 „
„ 1870 „ 24.15 „
„ 1869 „ 22.81 „
„ 1868 „ 22.50 „
„ 1867 „ 24.25 „
„ 1866 „ 24.45 „
„ 1865 „ 24.80 „
„ 1864 „ 26.03 „
„ 1863 „ 23.28 „
„ 1862 „ 21.80 „
„ 1861 „ 23.00 „
It will be observed that the mortality in 1872 was the lowest of
the last dozen years. This is remarkable, seeing that it followed on
the very high mortality of 1871, when the death-rate was higher
than during any one of the last dozen years, excepting 1864.
In the metropolis, as a whole, the annual rate of mortality in the
year under review was 21.40 per 1,000; and in the north district, of
which St. Pancras is a part, it was 22.9 per 1,000. The death-rate
in this parish was hence 0.12 per 1,000 below the metropolitan
average, and 1.6 per 1,000 below that of the North Registration
District.
MORTALITY AT VARIOUS SEASONS. The following table will be found useful, as showing when a diminished rate of mortality began to be felt:—
| Annual Rate of Mortality. | |
|---|---|
| First Quarter (January to March) | 24.17 |
| Second ,, (April to June) | 22.53 |
| Third ,, (July to September) | 22.09 |
| Fourth ,, (October to December) | 19.14 |
The progressive diminution in the rate of mortality is thus strikingly
manifested.
MORTALITY IN THE SEVERAL SUB-DISTRICTS AND
IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
In every Sub-district there was a lower death-rate than during
1871; the diminution being greatest in the southern part of the
parish. Also there were fewer deaths in 1872 than in 1871 in every
one of the registered public institutions within the parish, viz.:—
Highgate Infirmary, St. Pancras Workhouse, Strand Union Workhouse,
University College Hospital, and the Royal Free Hospital.