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St Pancras 1887

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

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Table: Births and per 1000 total deaths are shown below, 14 not assignable to any particular Sub-Districts being distributed according to population:—

Births and per 1000 total deaths are shown below, 14 not assignable to any particular Sub-Districts being distributed according to population:—

Sub-Districts.NumberPer 1000 Births.Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park291270393
Tottenham Court205277392
Gray's Inn Lane241255383
Somers Town380318452
Camden Town161292429
Kentish Town731242417
St. Pancras2009267413

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CAUSES OF DEATH.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The number of Deaths from the principle Zymotic Diseases in St. Pancras was
719, the number in the previous year being 616. The increase was due to
Whooping Cough, Scarlatina, Measles and Diphtheria, whilst Diarrhoea showed a
diminution. The annual average of the preceding ten years was 727, the year
1887 shows a diminution of Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, and Typhus, Enteric and
continued Fevers, and an increase of Measles, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and
Diarrhoea, upon the numbers of the preceding decennium. The Zymotic Deathrate
was 2.95 per 1000 of population, that of London being 3.02, and the proportion
per 1000 total deaths being 148.

Table: The following table shows the incidence of the mortality in the sub-districts of St. Pancras from the principal Zymotic Diseases:—

The following table shows the incidence of the mortality in the sub-districts of St. Pancras from the principal Zymotic Diseases:—

Sub-Districts.Numbers.Per 1000 Population.Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park922.30124.3
Tottenham Court853.008162.8
Gray's Inn Lane772.49122.6
Somers Town1253.60148.8
Camden Town603.83160.0
Kentish Town2802.96159.7
St. Pancras7192.95148.0

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For details of the Deaths from Zymotic Diseases which follow, see Tables
8 a, b & c.