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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 1885

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

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Table: Table IV. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Showing the number of deaths at all ages in 1885 from certain groups of diseases, and proportions to 1000 of population, and to 1000 deaths from all causes; also the number of deaths of infants under one year of age from other groups of diseases, and proportions to 1000 births and to 1000 deaths from all causes under one year.

Table IV. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Showing the number of deaths at all ages in 1885 from certain groups of diseases, and proportions to 1000 of population, and to 1000 deaths from all causes; also the number of deaths of infants under one year of age from other groups of diseases, and proportions to 1000 births and to 1000 deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population, of all ages.Death per 1000 of Total Deaths at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases6292.6181.2
2. Pulmonary Diseases9258.8192.9
8. Principal Tubercular Diseases6772.8141.2
Division II. Infants under One Year.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Births.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths under one year.
4. Wasting Diseases28487.7245.2
5. Convulsive Diseases18724.8161.4

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Notes.
1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers,
Diarrhoea, and Cholera.
2. Includes Asthma, Emphysema, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Pleurisy, and
Other diseases of the Respiratory System.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and Tabes Mosenterica.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and
Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and
Teething.