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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 1897

Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department

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Table: The Case-fatality.—The following table gives the number of deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the Sub-Districts of St. Pancras:—

The Case-fatality.—The following table gives the number of deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the Sub-Districts of St. Pancras:—

Population—1896 Census.Regent's Park, pop, 38,166.Tottenham Court, pop. 27,004.Gray's Inn Lane, pop. 19,971.Somers Town, pop. 32,793.Camden Town, pop. 14,900.Kentish Town, pop, 100,174.Total.
Diseases.
Small—pox———————
Scarlatina, or Scarlet Feverl33511124
Diphtheria1241225554112
Membranous Croup
Typhus Fever———————
Typhoid or Enteric Fever485531338
Continued Fever———————
Relapsing Fever———————
Puerperal Fever11—2—26
Cholera1————12
Erysipelas212——813
Totals21172237989195

Table: From the preceding Tables the Case-fatality of each of the diseases appears as follows:—

From the preceding Tables the Case-fatality of each of the diseases appears as follows:—

Cases.Deaths.Fatality per cent.
Small-pox2——
Scarlatina913242.6
Diphtheria51211221.9
V Membranous Croup
Typhus Fever———
Typhoid or Enteric Fever2133817.8
Continued Fever7——
Relapsing Fever———
Puerperal Fever14642.9
Cholera3266.7
Erysipelas393133.3
Total20571959.5