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 7D. ST. PANCRAS SUB-DISTRICTS. 4th Quarter. Deaths from the Respiratory, Tubercular, and Infectious Diseases, corrected and classified in Sub-Districts.
| Deaths from | Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Total. St. Pancras. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Emphysema Asthma | .. | . . | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Bronchitis | 32 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 16 | 70 | 201 | |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 52 |
| Pleurisy | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Other Respiratory Disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 |
| Total Respiratory Diseases | 38 | 20 | 39 | 50 | 20 | 98 | 3 | 268 |
| Ricketts | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | .. | 18 |
| Hydrocephalus | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . . | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Phthisis | 25 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 44 | 7 | 139 |
| Tubercular, Scorfula, &c | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | 15 |
| Total Tubercular Diseases | 31 | 26 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 64 | 8 | 188 |
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 13 | 4 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 23 |
| Scarlatina | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 5 | .. | 6 | 1 | 9 | .. | 27 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .. | 30 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 10 | |
| Diarrhœa, &c. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .. | 19 |
| Total Principal Zymotic Diseases | 27 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 36 | .. | 118 |