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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table 7 D.
ST. PANCRAS SUB.DISTRICTS.
4th Quarter of 1887. Deaths from the principal Zymotic, Tubercular, and Respiratory Diseases.
| Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Total. St. Pancras. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small.pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .. | 35 |
| Scarlatina | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | .. | 32 |
| Typhus | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .. | 23 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .. | 23 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | . . | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 11 |
| Diarrhcea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 9 |
| Total principal Zymotics | 22 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 39 | . . | 133 |
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Tables Mesenterica | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 8 |
| Hydrocephalus | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| Phthisis | 15 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 38 | 4 | 120 |
| Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 19 |
| Total Tubercular Diseases | 26 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 49 | 5 | 168 |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 |
| Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 9 |
| Emphysema | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 10 |
| Bronchitis | 40 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 21 | 65 | 7 | 215 |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 10 | .. | 46 |
| Pleurisy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 10 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Total Respiratory Diseases | 49 | 23 | 37 | 64 | 30 | 95 | 7 | 305 |