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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table 7C.
ST. PANCRAS SUB-DISTRICTS.
Third Quarter of 1888. Deaths from the Principal Zymotic, Tubercular, and Respiratory Diseases.
| Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somer's Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Total. St. Pancras. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 14 | .. | 42 |
| Scarlatina | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 13 |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | .. | 34 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | .. | 26 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | 12 |
| Diarrhoea, &c. | 8 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 29 | .. | 78 |
| Total Principal Zymotics | 24 | 21 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 80 | 1 | 206 |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .. | 25 |
| Hydrocephalus | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 12 |
| Phthisis | 9 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 83 |
| Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 10 |
| Total Tubercular Diseases | 18 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 42 | 3 | 134 |
| Laryngitis | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | |
| Emphgsema, Asthma | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Bronchitis | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | .. | 21 | 1 | 58 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | .. | 3 | 10 | 5 | 25 | ||
| Pleurisy | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 |
| Total Respiratory Diseases | 14 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 108 |