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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: The Notifiable Infectious Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths wore as follows: —

The Notifiable Infectious Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths wore as follows: —

Sub-Districts.Number.Per 1000 Population.Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park401.056.3
Tottenham Court -311.163.3
Gray's Inn Lane260.9248.7
Somers Town381.159.8
Camden Town100.6936.5
Kentish Town910.9455.4
St. Pancras2360 9955.1
London74991.797.3

Table: The Principal Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the Sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths were as follows: —

The Principal Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the Sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths were as follows: —

Sub-Districts.Number.Per 1000 Population.Per 1000 Total Deaths.
Regent's Park952.6133.8
Tottenham Court491.8100.0
Gray's In Lane612.2114.4
Somers Town822.4129.1
Camden Town292.0106.0
Kentish Town2022.0124.0
St. Pancras5182.2121.2
London115442.7149 8

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Table 5a. in the Appendix shows that the deaths from Small-pox numbered
8, against 9 in 1893, 2 in 1892, and none in the three previous years. Scarlet
Fever caused 41 deaths, against 101 in 1893 and 67 in 1892. The deaths
from Diphtheria and Membranous Croup were 124, compared to 199 in the
previous year and 114 in the year before that. Enteric Fever caused 40 deaths,
the number in 1893 being 24, and in 1892 being 26.