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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 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[ Table B.]
| Areas in Acres. | No. of Inhabited Houses. | Population at the Census in April, 1861.* | No. of Persons to to each Acre. | No. of Deaths registered in 1861. | Number of Persons to a House. | Estimated Mortality in 1861.† | Rate of Mortality per 10,000. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | 427 | 3927 | 34927 | 81 | 663 | 8.7 | 785 | 225 |
| Tottenham Court | 145 | 2604 | 28803 | 203 | 771 | 10.9 | 712 | 247 |
| Gray's Inn Road | 155 | 2886 | 27808 | 179 | 643 | 9.5 | 680 | 244 |
| Somers Town | 184 | 3898 | 39099 | 212 | 827 | 10.0 | 963 | 246 |
| Camden Town | 171 | 2576 | 21722 | 136 | 907 | 8.4 | 512 | 236 |
| Kentish Town | 1634 | 6038 | 44317 | 27 | 775 | 7.3 | 934 | 217 |
| The entire Parish | 2716 | 21929 | 198220 | 71 | 4586 | 9.0 | 4586 | 231 |
* The number in the Strand Union (568) and the St. Paneras Workhouse (1544) are
deducted from the Tottenham Court and Camden Town populations respectively, and 568
from the population of the whole Parish, because the inmates of the Strand Union are
not included in these calculations.
† In this column, the deaths which occurred in St. Paneras Workhouse, the University
College and Royal Free Hospitals, are distributed amongst the several sub-districts, in the
proportion of their populations. Thus of the 692 deaths, 122 are allotted to Regent's Park,
101 to Tottenham Court, 97 to Gray's Inn, 136 to Somers Town, 77 to Camden Town, and
159 to Kentish Town Sub-district.
[ Table C. ]
| Ratio of Births to Births. | Ratio of Deaths under 5 years to Births. | Ratio of Births to Deaths under 5 years of age. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | 100:141 | 100:354 | 1000:282 |
| Tottenham Court | 100:116* | 100:295† | 1000:338 |
| Gray's Inn Road | 100:135 | 100:297 | 1000:336 |
| Somers Town | 100:138 | 100:288 | 1000:347 |
| Camden Town | 100:156 | 100:341 | 1000:293 |
| Kentish Town | 100:162 | 100:389 | 1000:257 |
| The entire Parish - | 100:149 | 100:327 | 1000:306 |
* A deduction of 50 has been made from the number of births, to allow for those born in
the Strand Union Workhouse.
† In this column the deaths that are taken as given in the column of estimated mortality
in the preceding table; and in Camden Town Sub-district the number 200 is subtracted from
the number of births, to allow for the births in the Workhouse.