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Districts, of which St. Pancras is one, was 2.319. The mortality of this
Parish was therefore lower than that of the rest of London, or of that part
of London in which St. Pancras is situated.
The birth-rate in St. Pancras during 1867 was 3.41 per cent, (the
population being estimated at 220,000 and the births at 7514, which is 25
more than the number registered in 52 weeks or 364 days).
Amongst preventible causes of death, Small Pox stands with a higher
mortality than in 1866, giving 65 deaths, besides 11 of St. Pancras
parishioners who died in the Small Pox Hospital at Highgate. From
Scarlet Fever the number of deaths was 101, which is fewer than in the
previous year ; from Hooping Cough 166 children died, which is fewer than
in 1866. From Diarrhoea 185 children and 26 adults died, which are very
nearly the number registered in 1866; from Cholera, however, there were
only 4 deaths, in contrast to 112 which occurred in the previous year.
Typhus and Typhoid Fevers were also less fatal than in 1866; they are
registered as the causes of 98 deaths besides 15 of Typhus and 5 of Typhoid
which occurred in the London Fever Hospital.
From Diphtheria there were 44 deaths, from Croup, 26; the mortality
from Measles was low, giving 83 deaths.
The number of deaths from the under-mentioned diseases in London
and St. Pancras respectively, were:—
London. St. Pancras.
Small Pox 1332 76
Diarrhoea and Cholera 3183 215
Typhus and Typhoid (including deaths in
the Hospital) 2174 118
Scarlatina 1438 102
Hooping Cough2251 166
Measles 1125 83
Pulmonary diseases (including Phthisis) 21050 1523
Phthisis alone 8817 667
The population of St. Pancras is very nearly one-fourteenth of that of
the whole of London. Assuming this as the exact ratio, it appears that the
rates of mortality from Small Pox, Diarrhoea, and Typhus were lower in
St. Pancras than in the whole of the Metropolis. The mortality from Scarlet
Fever and Measles was about the same ; whilst the mortality from Hooping
Cough, Pulmonary disease (including Consumption) and from Consumption
alone was higher in St. Pancras than in London.
The different sub-districts exhibit a mortality varying from 18-6 to 23.6
in the thousand. They stand in the following order, beginning with the subdistrict
whose rate of mortality is lowest:—Camden Town, Regent's Park,
Kentish Town, Somers Town, Tottenham Court and Gray's Inn Road.
The details are exhibited on Table A. The numbers can only be taken as
an approximation to accuracy from the impossibility of ascertaining the
present populations of the several sub-districts. I have assumed that