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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 1894

Thirty-ninth annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London

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

Under five years of agethe number of deaths and the proportion per 1000 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.
Regent's Park261253.6367.6
Tottenham Court -173270.8355.1
Gray's Inn Lane193229.3362.2
Somers Town240241.5378.0
Camden Town84165.4306.6
Kentish Town618211.8376.6
St. Pancras1569226.3366.4
London31366231.9408.4

Table: CAUSES OF DEATH.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Notifiable Infectious Diseases.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
Small-poxSmall - pox
Scarlatina or Scarlet FeverScarlet Fever
Diphtheria or Membranous CroupDiphtheria
Tvphus FeverTyphus Fever
J i Typhoid or Enteric FeverEnteric Fever
Continued FeverContinued Fever
Relapsing: FeverMeasles
Puerperal FeverWhooping Cough
CholeraDiarrhoea
ErysipelasDysentery

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At the end of the Report in Table 7 c will he 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.