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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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SMALL-POX.
This disease caused in 1884 a greater number of deaths than
in any year since 1881, as many as 61 persons dying during 1884,
or in the proportion of 12.7 per 1,000 deaths from "all causes."
During the same period in London, this proportion was 10.9
per 1,000, or 1.8 less than in St. Pancras. The annual average
number of deaths from Small-Pox in St. Pancras during the
preceding ten years was 88.0, or in the proportion of 7.6 per
1,000 deaths from "all causes."
| Sub-registration Districts. | Vaccinated . | Unvaccnated. | Not stated. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Tottenham Court Road | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Gray's Inn Road | 6 | — | 2 | 8 |
| Somers Town | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Camden Town | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Kentish Town | 9 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
The relative extent to which the different Parishes in London have suffered during the year 1884 is shown in the following table:—
| Small-Pox Death-rate per 100,000 | Small-Pox Death-rate per 100,000[##] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 11.8 | Shoreditch | 54.5 |
| Fulham | 17.4 | Bethnal Green | 77.1 |
| Chelsea | 28.8 | Whitechapel | 26.6 |
| St. George, Hanover Square 4.7 | St. George-in-the-East | 95.4 | |
| Stepney | 58.0 | ||
| Westminster | 15.0 | Mile End Old Town | 66.2 |
| Marylebone | 16.1 | Poplar | 56.8 |
| Hampstead | 55.0 | St. Saviour | 28.0 |
| St. Pancras | 27.0 | St, Olave | 23.0 |
| Islington | 82.5 | Lambeth | 11.8 |
| Hackney | 116.8 | Wandsworth | 10.4 |
| St. Giles | 44.0 | Camberwell | 16.0 |
| Strand | 20.8 | Greenwich | 26.6 |
| Holborn | 27.6 | Lewishm | 2.7 |
| City | 7.7 | Woolwich | 14.8 |