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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 1867
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SUMMARY OF THE FOUR QUARTERS, 1867.
| 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 Croup. | From Hooping Cough | From Diarrhoea, Cholera, and Dysentery. | From Typhus, Typhoid, and Relapsing Fevers. | From Puerperal Fever. | From Erysipelas and Pyoemia. | From Tabes, Hydrocephalus, and Scrofula. | From Phthisis. | From Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Asthma. | From Qholera. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427 | 34927 | Regent's park | 1200 | 657 | 303 | 139 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | Children 35 | Adults. 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 59 | 89 | 1 |
| 145 | 28348 | Tottenham Court University College Hospital Strand Union | 912 | 545 | 261 | 107 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 32 | 2 | 14 | .. | 4 | 26 | 82 | 89 | 1 |
| 212 | 14 | 19 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 | 3 | 42 | 26 | .. | ||||
| 112 | 17 | 58 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 25 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 155 | 27807 | Gray's Inn Road Royal Free Hospital | 844 | 541 | 235 | 115 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 14 | .. | 5 | 13 | 65 | 96 | .. |
| 70 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 8 | .. | ||||||||
| 184 | 39096 | Someres Town | 1384 | 718 | 358 | 137 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 33 | 5 | 15 | .. | 4 | 42 | 104 | 142 | .. |
| 171 | 23406 | Camden Town Saint Pancras Workhouse | 822 | 286 | 130 | 62 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 52 | ||||||
| 556 | 95 | 224 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 82 | 142 | |||||||||||||
| 1634 | 44298 | kentish Town | 2327 | 1142 | 564 | 215 | 26 | 35 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 41 | 48 | 6 | 27 | 5 | .. | 55 | 153 | 195 | |
| Total | 7489 | 48451 | 1981 | 1081 | 65 | 83 | 101 | 44 | 26 | 166 | 185 | 26 | 98 | 9 | 28 | 190 | 667 | 856 | 4 | ||
| 2716 | 198784 | Totals in 1866 | 7289 | 5251 | 2230 | 1079 | 43 | 101 | 121 | 31 | 36 | 211 | 188 | 27 | 116 | 12 | 22 | Not | Calcu | lated. | 112 |
* This represents the number of deaths registered in Fifty-two Weeks, ending 28th December. Tha exact number which occurred during the year was
seven more, viz :—4852.
In the Fzvbr Hospital, deaths 23 (Typhus 15, Typhoid 5, Scarlet Fever 1, Hydrocephalus 1, Caries and Meningites 1. Small Pox Hospital, 11 deaths.