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St Pancras 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Table 8. SI
St. Pancras District and Sub.Districts.
Table of Deaths from certain Causes, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities, occurring during the 52 Weeks ended Saturday, December 3Oth, 1899.
| public institutions. Non.Parishioners in Public Institutions within the District are excluded. | AGES. | Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Totals St. Pancras. | Totals St. Pakcras, All Agss.. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishioners in Public Institutions without the District are included. | ||||||||||
| Parishioners in Public Institutions, whether within or without the District, are classified in the respective Sub.Districts of their previous residence. | ||||||||||
| Diseases. | ||||||||||
| 1. Notifiable Infectious Diseases | Under 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 47 | .. | 93 | 205 |
| 5 upwards | 10 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 112 | ||
| 2. Measles | Under 5 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 94 | 99 |
| 5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | ||
| 3. Whooping | Under 5 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 49 | 2 | 134 | 141 |
| 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 | ||
| 4. Diarrhoea and Dysentery | Under 5 | 24 | 23 | 31 | 36 | 16 | 93 | .. | 223 | 247 |
| 5 upwards | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | .. | 7 | .. | 24 | ||
| 5. Rheumatic Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 14 |
| 5 upwards | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 6. Ague [o] Influenza | Under 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | 70 |
| 5 upwards | 14 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 65 | ||
| 7. Phthisis | Under 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | 481 |
| 5 upwards | 66 | 77 | 71 | 82 | 22 | 128 | 24 | 470 | ||
| 8 . Bronchitis,Pneumonia & Pleurisy | Under 5 | 59 | 33 | 53 | 49 | 22 | 143 | 1 | 360 | 963 |
| 5 upwards | 80 | 73 | 77 | 113 | 40 | 195 | 25 | 603 | ||
| 9. Heart Disease | Under 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 410 |
| 5 upwards | 62 | 46 | 50 | 60 | 20 | 151 | 15 | 404 | ||
| 10. Injuries | Under 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 14 | .. | 18 | .. | 53 | 204 |
| 5 upwards | 18 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 4 | 151 | ||
| 11. Alother Diseases | Under 5 | 92 | 84 | 119 | 137 | 49 | 301 | 12 | 794 | 2137 |
| 5 upwards | 192 | 124 | 186 | 180 | 72 | 452 | 137 | 1343 | ||
| Totals | Under 5 | 223 | 186 | 250 | 299 | 99 | 701 | 17 | 1775 | 4971 |
| 5 upwards | 448 | 368 | 435 | 496 | 181 | 1052 | 216 | 3196 | ||
| All ages | 671 | 554 | 685 | 795 | 280 | 1753 | 233 | 4971 |