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St Pancras 1883

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

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Table IV.
PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.
Showing the number of deaths at all ages in 1688 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.
Death per
1000 of
Total Deaths
at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic
Diseases
611
2.5
130.6
2. Pulmonary Diseases
873
3.6
186.6
8. Principal Tubercular
Diseases
642
2.6
187.2
Division II.
Infants under One Yoar.
Total Deaths.
Deaths
per 1000
of Births.
Deaths per
1000 of
Total Deaths
under one year.
4. Wasting Diseases
274
85.4
249.1
5. Convulsive Diseases
175
22.6
159.1
Notes.
1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and
Diarrhoea. Fifty.four of the Doaths ocourred in Hospitals situated beyond
the limits of the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Sorofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and
Premature Birth.
5. Inoludes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and
Teething.