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St Pancras 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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In the metropolis, as a whole, the annual rate of mortality during
the year 1873 was 22.50 per 1,000; and in the north district, of
which St. Pancras is a part, it was 21.20 per 1000. The death-rate
in this parish was hence 0.18 per 1,000 below the metropolitan
average, and 1.12 per 1,000 above that of the north registration
district.
MORTALITY AT VARIOUS AGES.
| Annual rate of mortality in 1st quarter 22.90 per 1,000 | ||
| „„ | 2nd „ | 20.25 „ |
| „„ | 3rd „ | 21.51 „ |
| „„ | 4th „ | 27.95 „ |
An examination of the appended tables will show how largely the
increased mortality of the concluding quarter of the year was due to
lung affections.
MORTALITY AT VARIOUS AGES.
| 1872. 52 weeks. | 1873. 53 weeks. | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year of age „ | 1,291 | 1,305 |
| 1—5„ | 1,986 | 2,115 |
| 5 — 60 „ | 1,851 | 1,984 |
| Above 60 | 1,093 | 1,177 |
exclusive of deaths of parishioners in hospitals outside the parish.
The deaths of children under one year of age formed 16.1 per cent.
of the registered births.
MORTALITY PER 1000 FROM VARIOUS DISEASES
| London, | St. Pancras, | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1873. | 1873. | 1872. | |
| Small Pox | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.26 |
| Diarrhœa and Cholera | 1.25 | 1.92 | 1.05 |
| Continued Fevers | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.35 |
| Scarlet Fevers | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.31 |
| Diphtderia | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.07 |
| Hooping Cough | 0.80 | 0.95 | 1.16 |
| Measles | 0.66 | 0.98 | 0.47 |
| Phtdisis, Tabes, Atrophy Scrofulous Diseases | 4.43 | 4.16 | 4.38 |
| Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Astdma | 4.89 | 4.44 | 4.06 |
The aggregate mortality from Small Pox, Diarrhoea, Cholera, the
Continued Fevers, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Hooping Cough, and
Measles, was 4.45 per 1,000 as compared with 3.67 in the year
1872.
The most prevalent forms of epidemic disease were Hooping Cough
during the first half of the year, and Measles during the latter half.
It is remarkable that during the quarter preceding the great outbreak
of Measles, not a single death was registered in St. Pancras from that
disease. Though very prevalent, the Measles were not very fatal in
proportion to the number of children attacked. Some schools had to
be entirely closed during the course of the epidemic. The facility
with which these highly contagious diseases—Hooping Cough, and