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No. of Proportion Proportion
Sub-Registration Districts. Deaths per 1000 of per 1000 of
population. total deaths.
Regent's Park 15 0.38 21.0
Tottenham Court Road 7 0.26 12.8
Gray's Inn Lane 6 0.19 10.4
Somers Town 13 0.37 16.3
Camden Town 4 0.25 10.4
Kentish Town 33 0.36 20.9
One of the deaths from this disease occurred in University
College Hospital, where it had previously been removed from
a house in Euston Square. The parents were, at the time,
taking charge of this house, which was otherwise unoccupied.
After the first child was taken ill the family removed to a
house in Drummond Street, where another child became ill,
which was also removed to the same hospital. A few days
afterwards the father was attacked with the same disease,
and removed to the Hampstead Hospital, and subsequently
the mother and landlady of the last house suffered from
throat illness, probably of the same character. These cases
afford an instance of the way in which diphtheria may be
conveyed.
Altogether 88 cases of this disease were reported to the
Sanitary Department, 15 of which were removed to hospital.
WHOOPING COUGH.
There were 72 deaths from this disease, or 216 less than
last year. There has therefore been a very great decrease
in the number of deaths in St. Pancras from this disease.
The number of deaths in 1883 was 15.3 in every 1,000
deaths from "all causes," and 0.3 in every 1,000 of population.
In London these proportions were 19.6 and 0.41
respectively.
The following table shows the incidence of this disease
upon the sub-registration districts. All the deaths from
Whooping Cough are referred to their districts, but 87 deaths
from "all causes" are omitted from consideration (vide Note,
page 3).