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 7E.
ST. PANCRAS SUB-DISTRICTS.
Year 1888. Deaths from the Principal Zymotic, Tubercular and Respiratory Diseases.
| Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Total. St. Pancras. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 21 | 13 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 97 | 3 | 206 |
| Scarlatina | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | .. | 24 | .. | 52 |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 61 | .. | 142 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 44 | .. | 72 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 24 | .. | 57 |
| Diarrhœa | 11 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 114 |
| Total. Principal Zymotics | 78 | 51 | 79 | 104 | 33 | 294 | 6 | 645 |
| Rickets | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | .. | 14 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 10 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 73 |
| Hydrocephalus | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 13 | .. | 53 |
| Phthisis | 56 | 38 | 62 | 83 | 23 | 138 | 20 | 420 |
| Tuberculosis Scrofula | 9 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 57 |
| Total. Tubercular Diseases | 89 | 67 | 89 | 117 | 37 | 193 | 25 | 617 |
| Laryngitis | 4 | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 | .. | 18 | |
| Croup | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | .. | 30 | |
| Emphysema, Asthma | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 37 | |
| Bronchitis | 91 | 70 | 97 | 123 | 39 | 228 | 16 | 664 |
| Pneumonia | 27 | 17 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 44 | 4 | 165 |
| Pleurisy | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 25 |
| Total. Respiratory Diseases | 139 | 101 | 150 | 189 | 65 | 305 | 26 | 975 |