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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 1878

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

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Table: Table V.PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years 1868 to 1877. and in the Year 1878.

Table V.

PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.

Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years 1868 to 1877. and in the Year 1878.

Disease.1868186918701871187218731874187518761877Annual Average of 10 years, 1868-77.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 3 years, 1875-77.1878Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1878.
Small Pox1212144858232221296.9814.19418.5
Measles10268871051052216482117143109.522.2489.4
Scarlet Fever2372394779570179522013789167. 634.013827.2
Diphtheria5020353716383555382234.67.0234.5
Whooping Cough12822199158259212121232198141176.935.921742.8
Fever1221261581127878675884769.5919.46713.2
Diarrhœa286219227236235253222178239155225.045.722945.1
Total93789111041191821824607827835755879.5178.7816161.0
London15246176301689119676128741154911352135181269612380143811186.614857177.5