Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[TABLE II.] Saint Pancras, Middlesex—Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-districts and Public Institutions, for the 52 Weeks ending 1st day of January, 1859.
LOCALITIES. | Area in Acres. | Population in 1851. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS From all causes. | From all causes under 5 years of age. | From Small Pox. | From Measles. | From Scarlatina. | From Hooping Cough. | From Diarrhoea. | From Low Fever. | ||||
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M. | F. | M.&F. | M. | F. | M.&F. | ||||||||||
Regent's Park | 427 | 31918 | 548 | 513 | 1061 | 339 | 347 | 686 | 318 | 5 | 24 | 57 | 28 | 19 | 21 |
Tottenham Court | 27813 | 299 | 222 | 621 | 311 | 3 | 24 | 77 | 34 | 21 | 20 | ||||
University College Hospital | 145 | 500 | 439 | 451 | 890 | 100 | 44 | 144 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Strand Union | 120 | 68 | 72 | 140 | 23 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | |||||
Gray's Inn Road | 155 | 26462 | 426 | 432 | 858 | 291 | 311 | 602 | 293 | 7 | 20 | 54 | 32 | 19 | 13 |
Royal Free Hospital | 60 | 45 | 38 | 83 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||||
Somers Town | 184 | 35641 | 627 | 699 | 1326 | 403 | 420 | 823 | 408 | 1 | 47 | 108 | 34 | 30 | 10 |
Camden Town | 171 | 19515 | 455 | 439 | 894 | 227 | 231 | 458 | 245 | 3 | 30 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 17 |
Saint Pancras Workhouse | 1600 | 209 | 22.9 | 438 | 86 | .. | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Kentish Town | 1634 | 23326 | 667 | 651 | 1318 | 353 | 360 | 713 | 350 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 29 | 20 | 26 |
Hospitals out of the Parish | |||||||||||||||
TOTALS | 2716 | 166956 | 3162 | 3185 | 6347 | 2334 | 2374 | 4708 | 2040 | 22 | 191 | 399 | 186 | 135 | 115 |