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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 D. ]
Shewing the rate of mortality in a few Streets and Places occupied by the poorer classes.
| Names of Streets, &c. | Number of Houses. | Estimated Population | Number of Deaths in 18G6. | Death-rate per 1000 in 1866. | Average number of Deaths in years 1856—66. | Mean Death-rate per 1000 in 11 years. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Street | 13 | 230 | 10 | 43.3 | 7.3 | 31.7 |
| Henry Street | 50 | 900 | 30(a) | 33.3 | 34.4 | 38.2 |
| Mary Place | 19 | 300 | 9 (b) | 30.0 | 8.6 | 28.7 |
| Drapers Place | 32 | 663 | 14 | 21.1 | 18 | 27.1 |
| Gresse Street | 36 | 676 | 20 | 29.5 | 18 | 26.6 |
| Midford Place | 8 | 203 | 4 | 20.0 | 7.5 | 36.9 |
| Stephen Street | .. | 585 | 15(c) | 25.6 | ||
| Average of 5 years. | ||||||
| Ashby Street | 24 | 329 | 8 | 24.3 | 9.6 | 29.1 |
| Stanley Buildings | 93 | 448 | 10 | 22.2 | ||
| Suffolk Street | 50 | 516 | 15(d) | 29.0 | ||
| Average of 11 years. | ||||||
| Pancras Square | 110 | 650 | 9 | 13.8 | 11.45 | 17.6 |
| Little George Street | 56 | 725 | 18 (e) | 24.8 | 16.4 | 22.6 |
(a) Three of these deaths occurred in University College Hospital.
(b) Two of these deaths occurred in University College, and two in the London Fever
Hospital.
(c) One death was from Cholera in the Middlesex Hospital.
(d) One of these from Cholera in University College Hospital.
(e) Three deaths from Cholera in University College Hospital.