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St Pancras 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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The ages at which the deaths from Cholera in this Parish occurred were
as follows:—Under 1 year, ten; from 1 to 2 years, seven; from 2 to 3, two;
from 3 to 4 years, one; from 4 to 5, four; from 5 to 10 years, fourteen; from
10 to 15, five; from 20 to 25 years, six; from 25 to 35, seventeen; from 35 to
45, eighteen; from 45 to 55 years, twenty; from 55 to 65, fifteen; from 65 to
75 years, eight; and over 75, three.
On Tables A, B, C, the several sub-districts of the Parish are compared as
to their rates of mortality per thousand; they stand in the following order,
commencing with the one whose death-rate is lowest, Camden Town, Kentish
Town, Tottenham Court Road, Regent's Park, Grays Inn Road, Somers Town.
Comparing the births with deaths under 5 years of age, they stand in the
following order, beginning with the most healthy:—Grays Inn Road, Camden
Town, Regent's Park, Tottenham Court Road, Kentish Town, Somers Town.
On Table D, the death-rates of several streets in 1866, and in preceding
years are given, as specimens of the much higher mortality which prevails
amongst those where there is overcrowding, poverty, and waut of sanitary arrangements
than in the Parish as a whole.
In Eden Street, for instance, the death-rate was 43.3; and in Henry Street,
33.3 per thousand last year; and on an average of 11 years, Henry Street had a
death-rate of 38 2, and Midford Place, 36 9.

[ Table A. ]

Shewing the estimated population of the Sub-districts, and the Death-rate per thousand in 1866.

Estimated population.Estimated Mortality.Death-rate per Thousand.
Regent's Park3744787523.3
Tottenham Court2864965923.0
Grays Inn2770767224.3
Somers Town39099106127.1
Camden Town2146646121.5
Kentish Town62033141322.8
Strand Union568
University College Hospital154
St. Pancras Workhouse1800
Royal Free Hospital101
Total219024525423.5