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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: SUMMARY OF THE FOUR QUARTERS, 1368. Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Fifty-two Weeks ending 26th December, 1868.

SUMMARY OF THE FOUR QUARTERS, 1368. Register of Births and Deaths in the Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Fifty-two 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.
42734927ChildrenAdults.
Regent's Park12356502861231840842739413210379285
Tottenham Court5252188711325531030314...6227283
14528348University College Hospital9212342422.........101...1...8...123438
Strand Union861240...1........................21512
15527807Gray's Inn Road96857129510341328372933716...2337399
Royal Free Hospital86711............1.........1...41114
18439096Somers Town137177139811323332652847318193998115
17123406Camden Town83831817132216206482339...1143049
Saint Pancras Workhouse51881234...1......2...832344122109
163444298Kentish Town2396109955720821792121126748182280119137
2716198784Totals7729485820799731210223750381282553199850235675701

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* Twelve of those Adults were returned as Choleraic Diarrhœa or Cholera. Seven of those of Children as Choleraic Diarrhœa.
In the Fever Hospital, deaths—23. In the Small Pox Hospital, deaths—11.