Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table 7B.
ST. PANCRAS SUB-DISTRICTS.
Second Quarter of 1887. Deaths from the Principal Zymotic, Tubercular,
and Respiratory Diseases.
| Regent's Part. | 1 | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Total. St. Pancras. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 19 | .. | 32 |
| Scarlatina | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 | .. | 74 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 8 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 9 | .. | 15 |
| Total Principal Zymotics | 12 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 62 | .. | 134 |
| Rickets | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 11 |
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 11 |
| Phthisis | 20 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 7 | 110 |
| Tuberculosis, Scropula | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .. | 21 |
| Total Tubercular Diseases | 24 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 53 | 7 | 159 |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Emphysema, Asthma | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 7 |
| Bronchitis | 19 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 93 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 43 |
| Pleurisy | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 11 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | 14 |
| Total Respiratory Diseases | 29 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 61 | 3 | 174 |