[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of] page 15

St Pancras 1898

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

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Table 5a shows that measles caused 110 deaths, compared to 89, 1.30, and 217 in
the three previous years that whooping cough resulted in 85 deaths, as against
122, 121, and 86; and that diarrhoea and dysentery gave rise to 261 deaths, the
numbers in 1897, 1896, and 1895, having been 262, 217, and 218.

Table: Phthisis.—This disease, the type of the tubercular group of diseases, was the cause of 484 deaths, compared to 486 in 1897, 468 in 1896, and 4.31 in the year previous to that. The incidence of this disease in the Sub-Districts was as follows:—

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Phthisis.—This disease, the type of the tubercular group of diseases, was the cause of 484 deaths, compared to 486 in 1897, 468 in 1896, and 4.31 in the year previous to that. The incidence of this disease in the Sub-Districts was as follows:—

Sub-Districts.	Number.	Per 1000 Population.	Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park	62	1.62	96.0
Tottenham Court	83	3.07	146.4
Gray's Inn Lane	73	2.43	118.1
Somers Town	68	2.07	91.1
Camden Town	23	1.54	87.5
Kentish Town	175	1.75	96.4
St. Pancras	484	1.99	103.9
Loudon	7966	1.77	94.9

Table: Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.—These diseases, as typical of the respiratory group diseases, caused 733 deaths, compared to 820 deaths in 1897, 755 in 1896, and 841 in 1895; the incidence in the Sub-Districts being as follows:—

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Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.—These diseases, as typical of the respiratory group diseases, caused 733 deaths, compared to 820 deaths in 1897, 755 in 1896, and 841 in 1895; the incidence in the Sub-Districts being as follows:—

Sub-Districts.	Number.	Per 1000 Population.	Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park	101.	2.64	156.4
Tottenham Court	96	3.55	169.3
Gray's Inn Lane	98	3.27	158.6
Somers Town	145	4.48	194.2
Camden Town	30	2.01	114.1
Kentish Town	263	2.62	144.7
St. Pancras	733	3.01	157.4
London	13,500	3.00	160.8

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Table: Phthisis.—This disease, the type of the tubercular group of diseases, was the cause of 484 deaths, compared to 486 in 1897, 468 in 1896, and 4.31 in the year previous to that. The incidence of this disease in the Sub-Districts was as follows:—

Table: Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.—These diseases, as typical of the respiratory group diseases, caused 733 deaths, compared to 820 deaths in 1897, 755 in 1896, and 841 in 1895; the incidence in the Sub-Districts being as follows:—