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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 1882

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

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Table: The table does not take cognizance of 138 deaths of persons from 'all causes' occurring in public institutions, the previous residence whom could not be ascertained.

The table does not take cognizance of 138 deaths of persons from 'all causes' occurring in public institutions, the previous residence whom could not be ascertained.

Sub-registration Districts.No. of Deaths.Proportion per 1000 of Population.Proportion pe 1000 of Total Deaths.
Regent's Park170.4322.3
Tottenham Court Road230.8441.5
Gray's Inn Lane180.5928.3
Somers Town260.7532.7
Camden Town50.3115.4
Kentish Town300.3419.1

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Puerperal Fever.
In 1882 this disease caused 12 deaths or 7 less than in the
preceding year. The proportion which these deaths bear to
1000 deaths from 'all causes' is 2.5 in St. Pancras, and in
London it is 8.4 or 0.9 in excess of St. Pancras.

Table: The distribution of the deaths in the different sub-registration districts is as follows:—

The distribution of the deaths in the different sub-registration districts is as follows:—

Regent's Park0
Tottenham Court Road1
Gray's Inn Lane3
Somers Town1
Camden Town0
Kentish Town7

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Violent Deaths.
The deaths from violence in 1882 were 184 in number, or
if corrected 121, being 33 less than in the previous year.
Of these deaths, 99 occurred from accident or negligence,
7 from homicide, and 15 from suicide, the last number being
8 less than in 1881. The number of infants suffocated was
25 as against 42 in the previous year. Fractures and
contusions caused 50 deaths. There were 429 inquest cases
held in St. Pancras during the year, being 20 more than
in 1881.
Uncertified Deaths.
The uncertified deaths in St. Pancras were 6 in number,
or but one third as many as in the previous year. They
were in the proportion of 1.2 in every 1000 deaths, while in
London they were in the proportion of 11.8 in every 1000
deaths.