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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 1868

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

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Table: FOURTH QUARTER, 186 8.Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the thirteen weeks ending 26th December, 1868.

FOURTH QUARTER, 186 8.Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the thirteen weeks ending 26th December, 1868.

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 CoughFrom Diarrhœa, Cholera, and Dysentery.From Typhus, Typhoid, and Relapsing Fevers.From Puerperal Fever.From Erysipelas and Pyœmia.From Tabes, Hydrocephalus, and Scrofula.From Phthisis.From Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Asthma.
ChildrenAdults
42734927Regent's Park3081667830...21733102...4...471727
Tottenham Court1537817...11151213...2...152229
14528348University College Hospital251G7115.........6............6......182
Strand Union14...8....................................41
15527807Gray's Inn Road2241708327...782248...7...252437
Royal Free Hospital22...1........................1...2...3...
18439096Somers Town3311879028...11121210......6...362438
Camden Town19690507...1010321......3...11712
17123406Saint Pancras Workhouse1392061........................2...1...3738
163444298Kentish Town59925311463...1254931...3......143437
2716198784Totals19091261524247...428720142914341439180221