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

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Table I. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Table showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births and Deaths for the year 1881 and 8 Years preceding.Gross Numbers.

Population estimated, at the middle of the Year 1	No. of Inhabited Houses. (Estimated)	Births.	Deaths. **

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Table II. CENSUS, 1881, POPULATION OF SUB-REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.

Sub-Districts.		Number of Schedules.	Houses.			Papulation.			Increase on 1871.	Decrease on 1871.
Sub-Districts.		Number of Schedules.	Inhabited.	Uninhabited.	Building.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Increase on 1871.	Decrease on 1871.

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Table III. census, 1881.-population of wards.

Sub-Districts.	1.		2.		3.		4.		5.		6.		7.		8.
	Inhabited Houses.	Population.	Inhabited Houses.	Population.	Inhabited Houses.	Population.	Inhabited Houses.	Population.	Inhabited Houses.	Population.	Inhabited Houses.	Population.	Inhabited Houses.	Population.	Inhabited Houses.	Population.

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Table IV. CENSUS, 1881. ST. PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX. Inhabited Houses and Population of the Ecclesiastical Districts

Name of District.		Inhabited Houses.	Population.

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Table V. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Table showing the Annual Birth-Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions, for the Year 1881 and 10 and 7 Years preceding.

	Birth Rate per 1000 of Population.	Annual Rate of Mortality, per 1000 living.	Deaths of Children under 1 year: percentage of total Deaths.	Per cent- age of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered Births.	Deaths of Children under 5 years: percentage of total Deaths.	Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions

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.Table VI. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Table shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths in 1881.

	Total Deaths.	Deaths per 1000 of Population.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.

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The following table shows the number of deaths from Pulmonary Diseases other than Phthisis occurring in each district, exclusive of 152 who died in public institutions, and also shows the proportion per 1000 of population in each district:—

Districts.	Total Deaths.	Proportion per 1000 of Population.

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The following table shows the number of deaths from these diseases in the different sub-districts, exclusive of 166 who died in public institutions in the parish and in other parts of the Metropolis :—

Districts.	Total Deaths.	Proportion per 1000 of Population.

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Table VII. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years 1871 to 1880, and in the Year 1881.

Disease.	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	Annual Average of 10 years, 1871-80.	Propor-tion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1871-80.	1881	Proportion of Deaths to l060 Deaths in 1881.

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The accompanying table shows the distribution of deaths from these diseases amongst the sub-districts, exclusive of 167 which occurred in public institutions :—

Districts.	Total Deaths.	Proportion per 1000 of Population.

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I have arranged the accompanying Table with a view to showing the number of deaths from small pox in the different sub-districts, and their proportion to population, and it will be seen that the district of Kentish Town had a larger number of deaths from small pox in proportion to population than either Somers Town or Tottenham Court Road, and these again than the remaining sub-districts.

	Total Deaths.	Per 10,000 of Population.

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TABLE VIII. CASES OF SMALL-POX REPORTED TO THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT DURING 1881.

Week	Janunary 8	,, 15	,, 22	„ 29	February 5	„ 12	„ 19	„ 26	March 5	„ 12	,, 19	„ 26	April 2	,,9	„ 16	,,23	,, 30	May 7	,, 14	,,21	„ 28	June 4	„ 11	„ 18	„ 25	July 2	9	„ 16	„ 23	,, 30	August 6	„ 13	,, 20	„ 27	September 3	„ 10	„ 17	„ 24	October 1	8	„ 15	„ 22	„ 29	November 5	,,12	,, 19	,, 26	December 3	„ 10	„ 17	„ 21	„ 31	Total.	Per 1000 Population.
Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	31	35	36	37	33	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	Total.	Per 1000 Population.

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Table IX. Return for the Period—July to December, 1880. RETURN made by Messrs. Richards and Webb , Vaccination Officers of the Six Districts of St. Pancras Parish , respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in their Districts, from 1st July, to 31st December, 1880, inclusive.

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officers' District.	Number of Births returned in the Birth List Sheets as Registered from 1st July, to 31st December, 1880.	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st July, 1881, in Columns 10,11, and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets, viz.:				Number of these Births which on the 31st July, 1881, remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on Account (as shown by Report Book.)			Number of these Births remaining on 31st July, 1881, neither duly entered in the Vaccination Register (columns 3, 4,5 and 6 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the Report Book, Cols. 8,9, and 10 of this Return.
		Col. 10.	Col. II.		Col. 13.	Postponement by Medical Certificate.	Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.	Removal to Places unknown, which cannot be reached, and Cases not having been found.
		Successfully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible of Vaccination.	Had Small Pox.	Dead Unvacci-nated.	Postponement by Medical Certificate.

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Table X. Return for the Period—January to June, 1881.

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District.	Number of Births returned in the Birth List Sheets as registered from 1st January to 30th June, 1881.	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1882, in Columns 10, 11 and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz.:				Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1882, remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account (as shown by Report Book) of			Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1882, neither duly entered in the Vaccination Register "(Columns 3, 4,5 & 6 of this, Return, nor temporarily accounted for in the Report Book," (Columns 8, 9 & 10 of this Return).
		Col. 10.	Column 11.		Col. 13.	Postponement by Medical Certificate.	Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.	Removal to Places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and Cases not having been found.
		Succesfully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible of Vaccination.	Had Small Pox.	Dead Unvaccinated.	Postponement by Medical Certificate.

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The following table, showing the condition of Vaccination of those persons suffering from small pox, who were admitted into the Vestry's hospital at Finchley, will be of interest.

	Discrete.	Semi-Confluent.	Confluent.	Haemorrhagic.	Total

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The relative number of deaths in the different sub-districts is shown in the following table:—

	Total Deaths.	Per 10,000 of Population.

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For two of these no addresses could be found.

	Total Deaths.	Per 10,000 of Population.

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If the deaths of all persons in public instituions were excluded and only those deaths included which occurred in private houses, the following table would then show the rate of mortality for every 1000 of the population in the different districts:—

	All Diseases.	Tubercular Diseases.	Pulmonary Diseases other than Phthisis.	Zymotic Diseases.1

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Table XII. Deaths Registered at several groups of Ages from different causes during the Year 1881. The Deaths in Public Institutions of Non-Eesidents are excluded, but the Deaths of St. Pancras Parishioners in Public Institutions in other parts of the Metropolis are included.

CAUSE OF DEATH.		AGES.
CAUSE OF DEATH.		0 to 1	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 to 95	95 and upwards	Total under 5 years	Total

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CAUSE OF DEATH.			AGES.
CAUSE OF DEATH.			0 to 1	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 to 95	95 and upwards	Total under 5 years	Total

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Table I. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Table showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births and Deaths for the year 1881 and 8 Years preceding.Gross Numbers.

Table II. CENSUS, 1881, POPULATION OF SUB-REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.

Table III. census, 1881.-population of wards.

Table IV. CENSUS, 1881. ST. PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX. Inhabited Houses and Population of the Ecclesiastical Districts

Table V. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Table showing the Annual Birth-Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions, for the Year 1881 and 10 and 7 Years preceding.

.Table VI. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Table shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths in 1881.

The following table shows the number of deaths from Pulmonary Diseases other than Phthisis occurring in each district, exclusive of 152 who died in public institutions, and also shows the proportion per 1000 of population in each district:—

The following table shows the number of deaths from these diseases in the different sub-districts, exclusive of 166 who died in public institutions in the parish and in other parts of the Metropolis :—

Table VII. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years 1871 to 1880, and in the Year 1881.

The accompanying table shows the distribution of deaths from these diseases amongst the sub-districts, exclusive of 167 which occurred in public institutions :—

TABLE VIII. CASES OF SMALL-POX REPORTED TO THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT DURING 1881.

Table X. Return for the Period—January to June, 1881.

The following table, showing the condition of Vaccination of those persons suffering from small pox, who were admitted into the Vestry's hospital at Finchley, will be of interest.

The relative number of deaths in the different sub-districts is shown in the following table:—

For two of these no addresses could be found.

If the deaths of all persons in public instituions were excluded and only those deaths included which occurred in private houses, the following table would then show the rate of mortality for every 1000 of the population in the different districts:—

Table XII. Deaths Registered at several groups of Ages from different causes during the Year 1881. The Deaths in Public Institutions of Non-Eesidents are excluded, but the Deaths of St. Pancras Parishioners in Public Institutions in other parts of the Metropolis are included.

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