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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 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
The uncertified deaths registered were 9 in number, having been 5 in the two
previous years.
INQUESTS.
During the year 448 inquests were held in St. Pancras, of which 422 were
conducted in the Coroner's Court. In the previous year the number held was 431.
COMPARATIVE VITALITY OF THE SUB-DISTRICTS.
Reviewing the comparative figures in the preceding tables the Sub-Districts
would appear to range themselves in an order of vital condition somewhat as
follows :—Kentish Town, Regent's Park, Camden Town, Tottenham Court, Gray's
Inn Lane, Somers Town. The general tendency from end to end of the Parish
is for the conditions and vitality to deteriorate in approaching the older and more
central districts of London, a result that might be more or less anticipated. But
it is evident that Somers Town stands lowest in all the tests of vital condition,
almost without exception. This is the most prominent feature of the comparative
figures.

Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Notification. The number of cases of Infectious Diseases certified to the Department during 1890, and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred are shown below :—

INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Notification. The number of cases of Infectious Diseases certified to the Department during 1890, and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred are shown below :—

Diseases Certified.Regent's Park.TottenhamCourtGray's Inn LaneSomers TownCamden TownKentish TownTotal
Small Pox....131..5
Cholera..........22
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup4640375435225437
Erysipelas3282363488101373
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever96561077637264636
Typhus Fever..............
Typhoid or Enteric Fever231927121343137
Relapsing Fever..............
Continued Fever2..3....27
Puerperal Fever2..1..249
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The three first cases of small pox occurred on March 10th in Goldington
Street, Somers Town and were removed to hospital. On April 29th a case in
Liverpool Street, Gray's Inn Road, was certified, and was removed to hospital, but
was shortly returned diagnosed as measles. On May 12th a case in Camden Street,
Camden Town, was certified and recovered at home, but having regard to the fact
that at the same date several others in the same school fell ill with undoubted
chicken pox, there was little doubt that this also was a case of chicken pox.