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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LOCALITIES. | Area in Acres. | Population in 1851. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS From all causes. | From all causes under 5 year of age. | From Small Pox. | From Measles. | From Scarlatina. | From Diphtheria. | 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 | 159 | 144 | 303 | 83 | 96 | 179 | 99 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 9 |
Tottenham Court | 145 | 27813 | 96 | 110 | 206 | 67 | 77 | 144 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 5 | |
University College Hospital | 500 | 18 | 14 | 32 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Strand Union | 120 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | |||||
Gray's Inn Road | 155 | 26462 | 113 | 98 | 211 | 59 | 58 | 117 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 3 | |||
Royal Free Hospital | 60 | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Somers Town | 184 | 35641 | 185 | 190 | 375 | 89 | 81 | 170 | 103 | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 7 |
Camden Town | 171 | 19515 | 99 | 98 | 197 | 47 | 48 | 95 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | ||
Saint Pancras Workhouse | 1600 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||
Kentish Town | 1634 | 23326 | 190 | 161 | 351 | 127 | 108 | 235 | 122 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 7 |
Totals | 842 | 801 | 1643 | 558 | 544 | 1102 | 524 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 20 | 23 | 218 | 36 |