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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: Table IV.Showing the number of deaths at all ages in 1882 from certain groups of diseases, and proportions to 1000 of population, and to 1000 deaths from all causes; also the number of deaths of infants under one year of age from other groups of diseases, and proportions to 1000 births and to 1000 deaths from all causes under one year.

Table IV.

Showing the number of deaths at all ages in 1882 from certain groups of diseases, and proportions to 1000 of population, and to 1000 deaths from all causes; also the number of deaths of infants under one year of age from other groups of diseases, and proportions to 1000 births and to 1000 deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population, of all ages.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases7293.01541
2. Pulmonary Diseases10114.2213.7
3, Principal Tubercular Diseases6042.5127.6
Division 11. (Infants under One Yaar.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Births.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths under One Year.
4. Wasting Diseases24131.0217.1
5, Convulsive Diseases16621.3149.5

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Notes.
1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued
Fevers, and Diarrhoea. Forty-one of the Deaths occurred in
Hospitals situated beyond the limits of the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tnberoulosis, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk,
&nd Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and
Teething.