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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 7E.
ST. PANCRAS SUB.DISTRICTs.
Year 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Meassles | 20 | 19 | 11 | 37 | 8 | 55 | .. | 145 |
| Scarlatina | 9 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 19 | .. | 58 |
| typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping cough | 24 | 27 | 16 | 29 | 18 | 85 | .. | 199 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 24 | .. | 59 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | .. | 28 |
| Diarrhoea | 30 | 23 | 36 | 32 | 20 | 88 | .. | 229 |
| Total. Principal Zymotics | 92 | 85 | 77 | 125 | 60 | 280 | .. | 719 |
| Rickets | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 17 |
| Tabes Mesenterica. | 16 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 28 | .. | 71 |
| Hydrocephalus | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 52 |
| Phthisis | 74 | 47 | 59 | 70 | 31 | 130 | 21 | 432 |
| Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 67 |
| Total. Tubercular Diseases | 113 | 73 | 81 | 106 | 43 | 197 | 26 | 639 |
| Laryngitis | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | 6 | .. | 16 |
| Croup | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | 14 | .. | 22 |
| Emphysema, Asthma | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | .. | 40 |
| Bronchitis | 115 | 63 | 81 | 117 | 55 | 204 | 16 | 651 |
| Pneumonia | 17 | 20 | 20 | 44 | 9 | 63 | 6 | 179 |
| Pleurisy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | .. | 37 | |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 12 | .. | 41 | |
| Total. Respiratory Diseases | 154 | 103 | 123 | 181 | 79 | 324 | 22 | 986 |