London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Area near the Highgate Small Pox Hospital.
| No. of houses in each ring. | Total No. of houses invaded. | Houses invaded per cent. of total houses. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | ||
| Quarter mile radius | 246 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 19 | .57 | 107 | .40 | 1.20 | 7.70 |
| Half mile radius | 241 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .83 | 20 | .00 | .41 | .83 | |
| Three-quarter mile radius | 762 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .00 | 1.5 | .00 | .00 | .78 |
| One mile radius | 1040 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .00 | 1.3 | .09 | .00 | 1.40 |
| Special area of one mile round hospital | 2289 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 42 | .13 | 2.3 | .09 | .17 | 1.8 |
| Rest of parish | 22366 | 51 | 342 | 31 | 8 | 309 | .22 | 1.5 | .13 | .03 | 13 |
This Table has been constructed in the same manner as that relating to the Hampstead Hospital. In the first circle the number of
houses has increased during the period under consideration and allowance has been made for this increase in the calculation of per centages.