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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 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table shewing the Water Companies supplying each of the Parishes and Districts constituted under the Provisions of the Metropolitan Management Act, number of Vestrymen and of Health Officers, Area in Statute Acres, Annual Value of Property assessed in 1866, Estimated Population in 1866, Deaths, and the Rate of Mortality to 10,000 Population from all causes and from Cholera and Diarrhoea, density of Population, Elevation, and Annual Value of Property per Head of Population.
| Water Company furnishing chief Supply. | Pabishes and Distbicts constituted under the Provisions of the Metropolis Management Act, 18 & 19 Vict., cap. 120. | Number of Members of Board or Vestry. | Number of Health Officers. | Area in Statute Acres. | Annual Value of Property assessed in 1866. | Estimated Population in 1866. | Deaths in 1866 from | Rate op Mortality per 10,000 in 1866. | Persons to an Acre in 1866. | Elevation in Feet above Trinity High water Mark of the Thames. | Annual value of Property per Head of Population. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Cholera. | Diarrhoea. | Cholera and Diarrhoea. | All Causes.* | Cholera.† | Diarrhoea. | Cholera and Diarrhœa. | ||||||||||
| LONDON | 2,611 | 47 | 77,997 | £ 15,261,999 | 3,037,991 | 80,129 | 5,577 | 3,184 | 8,761 | 264.7 | 18.4 | 10.5 | 289 | 39.0 | 39 | £ 5.006 | |
| West Distbicts. | |||||||||||||||||
| J.W.M. | Paddington | 72 | 1 | 1,245 | 758,344 | 93,365 | 1,720 | 26 | 80 | 106 | 174.4 | 2.8 | 8.6 | 11*4 | 75.0 | 78 | 8.122 |
| WMc. | Kensington | 84 | 1 | 1,942 | 501,132 | 85,171 | 1,962 | 18 | 106 | 124 | 229.6 | 2.1 | 12.4 | 14 5 | 43.9 | 23 | 5.884 |
| WM. J.C. | Fulham | 39 | 1 | 4,155i0 | 171,876 | 48,657 | 1,153 | 41 | 65 | 106 | 249.2 | 8.4 | 13.4 | 218 | 11.7 | 7 | 3.532 |
| J.W.M.C. | Kensington Registration District | 195 | 3 | 7,342ic | 1,431,352 | 227,193 | 4,835 | 85 | 251 | 336 | 211.1 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 147 | 30.9 | 40 | 6.300 |
| C. | Chelsea | 60 | 1 | 865ic | 299,868 | 65,957 | 1,704 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 269.4 | 33 | 7.3 | 106 | 76.3 | 12 | 4.546 |
| J. C. | St. George, Hanover-square | 108 | 2 | 1,161m; | 1,076,272 | 94,315 | 1,907 | 18 | 50 | 68 | 181.0 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 70 | 81.2 | 34 | 11.411 |
| C. | Westminster | 57 | 1 | 917 to | 341,116 | 68,268 | 1,884 | 42 | 69 | 111 | 266.9 | 6.2 | 10.1 | 163 | 74.4 | 3 | 4.997 |
| N. C. | St. Mai tin-in-the-Fields . | 36 | 1 | 305IP | 265,336 | 21,370 | 565 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 245.4 | 4.2 | 11.7 | 159 | 70.1 | 38 | 12.416 |
| J. N. | St. James, Westminster | 48 | 1 | 164 | 462,032 | 34,155 | 797 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 248.0 | 3.5 | 4-.4 | 79 | 208.3 | 58 | 13.527 |
| Nobth Distbicts. | |||||||||||||||||
| WM, ???. | Marylebone | 120 | 1 | 1,509 | 1,053,748 | 159,871 | 4,129 | 54 | 181 | 235 | 255.6 | 3.0 | 11.3 | 143 | 105.9 | 87 | 6.591 |
| N. WM. | Hampstead | 24 | 1 | 2,252 | 147,624 | 23,557 | 395 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 178.2 | .8 | 6.4 | 7-2 | 10.5 | 350 | 6.267 |
| N.H.WM. | Pancras | 117 | 1 | 2,716 | 925,872 | 219,024 | 5,248 | 112 | 205 | 327 | 209.6 | 5.1 | 9.3 | 14-4 | 80.6 | 73 | 4.371 |
| N. | Islington | 117 | 1 | 3,127 | 777,632 | 193,648 | 5,135 | 120 | 167 | 287 | 225.9 | 4.3 | 8.6 | 129 | 61.9 | 94 | 4.016 |
| N. E. | Hackney | 57 | 1 | 3,929 | 370,616 | 97,120 | 2,394 | 103 | 74 | 177 | 250.3 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 18.2 | 24.7 | 53 | 3.816 |
| Central Distbicts. | |||||||||||||||||
| N. | St. Giles | 48 | 1 | 245 | 277,412 | 52,226 | 1,502 | 48 | 84 | 132 | 305.7 | 9.2 | 16.1 | 25 3 | 213.2 | 68 | 5.312 |
| N. | Strand | 49 | 1 | 172 w | 299,808 | 40,883 | 1,126 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 258.2 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 137 | 237.7 | 50 | 7.333 |
| N. | Holborn | 49 | 1 | 196 | 231,875 | 42,556 | 1,253 | 22 | 72 | 94 | 3130 | 5.2 | 16.9 | 221 | 217.1 | 53 | 5.419 |
| N. | Clerkenwell | 72 | 1 | 380 | 242,524 | 63,957 | 1,661 | 45 | 93 | 138 | 276.1 | 7.0 | 14.5 | 215 | 168-3 | 65 | 3.792 |
| N. | St. Luke | 48 | 1 | 220 | 186,452 | 56,710 | 1,487 | 46 | 75 | 121 | 313.3 | 8.1 | 13.2 | 21-3 | 257.8 | 51 | 3.288 |
| N. E. | East London | ‡ 26 Aldermen 206 Common Councilmen | 1 | 153 | 2,137,791 | 37,661 | 773 | 59 | 29 | 88 | 248.4 | 15.7 | 7.7 | 234 | 246.2 | 40 | 20.778 |
| N. | West London | 138w | 25,470 | 1,116 | 60 | 28 | 88 | 276.5 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 22-8 | 184.6 | 29 | ||||
| N. | London City | 434w | 39,756 | 659 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 222.3 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 8-8 | 91.6 | 31 | ||||
| East Districts. | |||||||||||||||||
| N. R. | Shoreditch | 120 | 1 | 646 | 386,014 | 136,836 | 3,411 | 135 | 145 | 280 | 250.3 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 21-3 | 211.8 | 48 | 2.821 |
| E. | Bethnal Green | 48 | 1 | 760 | 192,116 | 110,289 | 3,824 | 614 | 181 | 795 | 368.6 | 60.4 | 16.4 | 76'8 | 145.1 | 38 | 1.742 |
| E. N. | Whitechapel | 68 | 1 | 406 w | 277,748 | 76,386 | 3,499 | 900 | 123 | 1,023 | 387.0 | 84.0 | 16.1 | 100.1 | 188.1 | 32 | 3.636 |
| E. | St. George-in-the-East | 36 | 1 | 243 | 196,745 | 47,779 | 1,877 | 387 | 82 | 469 | 417.6 | 87.9 | 17.2 | 105-1 | 196.6 | 21 | 4.118 |
| E. | Stepney (Limehouse) | 36 | 1 | 576 w | 234,804 | 56,198 | 1,849 | 557 | 111 | 668 | 375.1 | 107.6 | 19.8 | 127.4 | 97.6 | 11 | 4.178 |
| E. | Mile End Old Town | 84 | 1 | 681 | 191,056 | 80,695 | 2,427 | 503 | 98 | 601 | 318.7 | 67.7 | 12.1 | 79.8 | 118.5 | 30 | 2.368 |
| E. | Poplar | 48 | 2 | 2,918 w | 344,320 | 99,762 | 3,687 | 835 | 187 | 1,022 | 362.1 | 90.8 | 18.7 | 109.5 | 34.2 | 8 | 3.451 |