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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 1877

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

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Table IV.
St. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT.

Table: Table shewing the Mortality from certain olasses of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths in 1877.

Table shewing the Mortality from certain olasses of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths in 1877.

Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases7553.20148.0
2 Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis)10654.95266.7
3. Tubercular Diseases.6633.09147.3
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants2601.2157.8
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants3911.8286.9

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Notes.
1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk,
and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and
Teething.