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St Pancras 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV. ST. PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX. FOURTH QUARTER, 1873. Register of Births and Deaths in th3 Sub-Districts and Public Institutions, for the Fourteen Weeks ending January 3rd, 1874.
| Area in Acres. | Population in 1871. | LOCALITIES. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS From all causes | From all causes under 1 year of age. | Form 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 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427 | 38192 | Regent's Park ...... | 299 | 215 | 49 | 104 | 37 | ... | 43 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Children 2 | Adults ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 41 |
| -Tottenham Court...... | 155 | 31 | 53 | 44 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 39 | |||
| 145 | 29360 | < University College Hospital S | 233 | 64 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| Strand Union ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 155 | 29216 | f Gray's Inn Goad...... | 282 | 170 | 42 | 78 | 29 | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 8 | 18 | 46 |
| (. Royal Free Hospital .. ..J | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 184 | 38562 | Somers Town ...... | 369 | 249 | 70 | 128 | 46 | ... | 46 | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 62 |
| 171 | 18066 | C Camden 1 own ...... | 211 | 107 | 23 | 56 | 20 | 1 | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| (.Saint Pancras Workhouse .. J | 99 | 12 | 24 | 59 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 3 | 23 | |||
| 1634 | 68198 | C Kentish Town ...... | 741 | 443 | 116 | 254 | 76 | ... | 81 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 2 | ... | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 105 |
| t Highgate Infirmary ......) | 85 | ... | ... | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2716 | 221594 | Totals ...... | 2135 | 1612 | 345 | 706 | 347 | 1 | 211 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 16 | 107 | 160 | 373 |