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St Pancras 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table 7D.
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ST. PANCRAS SUB DISTRICTS.
4th Quarter, 1888. 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 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 72 | 3 | 131 |
| Scarlatina | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 13 |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 9 |
| Diphtheria | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .. | 20 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 13 |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| Total principal Zymotics | 23 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 106 | 4 | 204 |
| Rickets | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | 13 |
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 10 |
| Phthisis | 13 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 106 |
| Tuberculosis Scrofula | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 11 |
| Total Tubercular Diseases | 17 | 13 | 27 | 34 | 8 | 43 | 3 | 145 |
| Laryngitis | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Croup | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Emphysema Asthma | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Bronchitis | 36 | 21 | 30 | 38 | 14 | 84 | 225 | |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 14 | .. | 48 |
| Pleurisy | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 12 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Total Respiratory Diseases | 53 | 26 | 43 | 58 | 23 | 102 | 3 | 308 |