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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 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE II.- AGES AT DEATH.
| Total Bbths. | Total Deaths. | Under One Year. | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | Under Fire Years. | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | 95 and above | Proportion of Deaths under 5 years to Births. | Estimated total mortality of cach Sub¡¤District.* | Number of Deaths to every 10,000 Living, t | Number of Births to every 10,000 Living, t | Proportion of Deaths under 5 to all Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | 114 | 636 | 152 | 65 | 36 | 22 | 15 | 280 | 17 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 45 | 33 | 62 | 57 | 41 | 13 | .. | 1:3.98 | 697 | 218 | 336 | 1:2.27 |
| Tottenham | 885 | 607 | 141 | 65 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 266 | 25 | 8 | 33 | 46 | 41 | 49 | 61 | 48 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1:3.3 | 660 | 231 | 309 | 1:2.28 |
| Gray's Inn | 859 | 520 | 1 28 | 69 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 242 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 47 | 45 | 38 | 39 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1:3.55 | 672 | 215 | 323 | 1: 214 |
| Somers Town | 1310 | 730 | 172 | 76 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 330 | 36 | 15 | 40 | 38 | 50 | 54 | 61 | 57 | 42 | 7 | .. | 1 : 3. 97 | 798 | 218 | 363 | 1: 2.21 |
| Camden Town | 690 | 382 | 116 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 191 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 6 | .. | 1:3.6 | 424 | 186 | 325 | 1:2.0 |
| Pancras Workhouse | 176 | 347 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 1 | .. | 16 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 43 | 70 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 1:3.0 | .. | .. | .. | 1:5.8 |
| Kentish Town | 1293 | 609 | 170 | 67 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 283 | 25 | 9 | 32 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 51 | 42 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 1:4.57 | 680 | 177 | 336 | 1:2.12 |
| 6327 | 3831 | 915 | 369 | 183 | 109 | 76 | 1652 | 138 | 69 | 193 | 240 | 279 | 283 | 342 | 337 | 232 | 71 | 5 | 1 :3.83 | 3831 | 206 | 333 | 1 :2.32 |
Of every 1000 Born Of every 1000 Born
the number that the number that
died under 1 Year. died under 1 Year.
Regent's Park 136 Camden Town 168
Tottenham 159 Worklionse 245
Gray's Inn 149 Kentish Town 131
Somers Town 131
* This number is obtained by taking the number of deaths registered in each Sub·District, and subtracting all the deaths in Hospitals, and allotting them to the several Sub·Districts from ·which
the parties came to the Hospitals, omitting all the deaths in the Strand Union Workhouse, and distributing those in St. Pancras Workhouse over the Sub·Districts in proportion to their
population.
·*■ These calculations are founded on the second method of estimating the population explained in the early part of my report. If the first estimate were taken, the number in these columns would
be nearly 5 per cent, lower.