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. Tear 1889. 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 9 |
| Croup | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | 12 | |
| Emphysema Asthma | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 22 | |
| Bronchitis | 83 | 66 | 68 | 107 | 45 | 188 | 28 | 585 |
| Pneumonia | 99 | 14 | 31 | 47 | 16 | 72 | 2 | 204 |
| Pleurisy | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 15 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .. | 24 | |
| Total Respiratory Diseases | 119 | 90 | 111 | 162 | 70 | 288 | 31 | 871 |
| Ricketts | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 | |||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 11 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 72 | |
| Hydrocephalus | 17 | 1? | 15 | 19 | 3 | 9 | a | 68 |
| Phthisis | 69 | fin | 79 | fiS | 98 | 134 | 28 | 4fi4 |
| Tuberculosis, Scrofula, &c | 7 | 10 | q | 13 | 3 | lfi | a | 61 |
| Total Tubercular Diseases | 107 | 89 | 108 | 108 | 39 | 197 | 34 | 682 |
| Small Pox | • • | • • | .. | • • | .. | • • | • • | .. |
| Measles | 28 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 17 | .. | 86 | |
| Scarlatina | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | .. | 10 | .. | 28 |
| Typhus | .. | • • | .. | • • | • • | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 108 |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 97 | .. | 62 |
| Continued Fever | • • | .. | 1 | • • | 1 | • • | .. | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9, | 12 | .. | 29 |
| Diarrhœa, &c | 23 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 16 | 57 | .. | 183 |
| Total Principal Zymotic Diseases | 84 | 65 | 51 | 91 | 3.1 | 176 | 2 | 498 |