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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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it was 58°.9. The mean temperature of the week, ending December 13th, was
10 above the average, and the mortality of the week following was one-third
below the average. At this season of the year nothing has so much influence
on mortality as the temperature.
In the last vertical column deductions have been made for cases in which the patients came to the University College and Royal Free Hospitals from other Parishes:—
| LOCALITIES. | Low Fevers. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles and Hooping Cough. | Diarrhæa. | Other Causes. | Totals. | Corrected Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | ||||||||
| Tottenham Court Road | ||||||||
| Gray's Inn Road | ||||||||
| Somers Town | ||||||||
| Camden Town | ||||||||
| Kentish Town | 1 | |||||||
| Strand Workhouse | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| St. Pancras Workhouse | .. | 1 | 87 | |||||
| The whole Parish | 73 |
The mortality of the Spring, Summer, and Autumn quarters of the past
year has been respectively 906, 957, 1001. The increase in mortality, during
the late quarter, has been chiefly dependent on the increase in pulmonary
* University College, Royal Free, London Fever, Middlesex, and St. Mary's Hospitals.