London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1898

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

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Table: Under five years of agethe number of deaths and the proportion per 1003 births and per 1000 total deaths were as follows:—

Under five years of agethe number of deaths and the proportion per 1003 births and per 1000 total deaths were as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Number of Deaths under 5 Years.Per 1000 Births.Per 1000 Deaths at all Ages.
Regents' Park229235.9354.5
Tottenham Court208340.0366.9
Gray's Inn Lane226265.3365.8
Somers Town303309.6405.7
Camden Town93211.9353.6
Kentish Town702233.6386.4
St. Pancras1,761256.8378.2
London34,184258.1407.1

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CAUSES OF DEATH.
Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Small-pox
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup
Typhus Fever
Typhoid or Enteric Fever
Continued Fever
Relapsing Fever
Puerperal Fever
Cholera
Erysipelas
Principal Zymotic Diseases.
Small-pox
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria
Typhus Fever
Enteric Fever
Continued Fever
Measles
Whooping Cough
Diarrhoea
Dysentery
At the end of the Report, in Table 7c, will be found set out the number of deaths
under 5 years of age, and at 5 years upwards from each of the Notifiable Infectious
Diseases in the respective Registration Sub-Districts, and the entire District of
St. Pancras. In Table 8 in a similar manner the deaths from the non-notifiable
"principal zymotic diseases" will be found set out. From these two Tables the
mortality of the respective diseases, and of each of the groups, have been obtained,
as shown in Tables Nos. 9 A and B, and Tables Nos. 10 A and B, and as compared
below.