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Table 5a shows that measles caused 99 deaths, compared with 110, 89, and 130
in the three previous years; that whooping cough resulted in 141 deaths, against
85, 122, and 121; and diarrhoea and dysentry gave rise to 247 deaths, the numbers
in 1898, 1897, and 1896 having been 261, 262, and 217.
COMPARATIVE MORTALITY OF THE SUB-DISTRICTS.
Of the six Sub-Districts, per 1000 of population, the Somers Town had the
highest general death rate, followed by the Gray's Inn Lane and Tottenham Court
Sub-Districts, and the Kentish Town and Regent's Park Sub-Districts the
lowest. The death-rate of children under one year per 1000 births was heaviest
in the Tottenham Court Sub-District, followed by the Gray's Inn Lane and Somers
Town, and all three were considerably above the average rate for Loudon. The
mortality from the principal Zymotic Diseases was highest in Somers Town,
followed by Kentish Town, and Gray's Inn Lane. Phthisis showed the highest
death rate in Tottenham Court Sub-District, followed by Somers Town and Gray's
Inn Lane. The typical Respiratory Diseases produced the heaviest rates in
Somers Town, Gray's Inn Lane, Camden Town, and Tottenham Court.
It will thus be seen that the Sub-Districts embracing the southern half of
St. Pancras have higher mortalities all round than those in the northern.
Influenza.—The following Table gives the number of deaths from this disease,
and the ages at death, since the epidemic period commenced :—