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 1.] TOTALS OF THE FOUR QUARTERS, 1865. Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Fifty-two Weeks ending the 30th December, 1865.
Area in Acres. | Population in 1861. | LOCALITIES. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS From all causes. | From all causes under 5 years of age. | From all causes over 60 years of age. | From Small Pox. | From Measles. | From Scarlatina. | From Diphtheria. | From Hooping Cough | From Diarrhoea, Cholera, and Dysentery. | From Typhus, Typhoid, and Relapsing Fevers. | From Puerperal Fever. | From Erysipelas and Pyoemia. | From Phthisis. | From Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Asthma. |
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427 | 34927 | Regent's Park | 1165 | 699 | 328 | 141 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 81 | 89 | |
145 | 28348 | Tottenham Court | 897 | 607 | 284 | 104 | .. | 9 | 18 | 2 | 43 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 86 | 115 | |
University College Hospital | 209 | 11 | 26 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 4 | 9 | 30 | 37 | ||||
Strand Union | 99 | 10 | 59 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 18 | 25 | ||||
155 | 27807 | Gray's Inn Road | 895 | 575 | 275 | 88 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 45 | 39 | 22 | 2 | 62 | 125 | |
Royal Free Hospital | 105 | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | |||||
184 | 39096 | Somers Town | 1491 | 864 | 471 | 145 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 57 | 71 | 20 | 9 | 109 | 163 | |
171 | 23406 | Camden Town | 976 | 455 | 244 | 72 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 52 | 72 | ||
Saint Pancras Workhouse | 559 | 101 | 227 | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 79 | 122 | ||||
1634 | 44298 | Kentish Town | 1995 | 1048 | 490 | 202 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 36 | 68 | 37 | 9 | 134 | 149 | |
2716 | 198784 | Totals | 7419 | 5220 | 2218 | 1072 | 26 | 108 | 133 | 35 | 225 | 282 | 134 | 61 | 659 | 900 |
Estimated Population, 1865: 217,430.