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St Pancras 1890

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

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Table: Table IV. ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1890, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportion to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Table IV. ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1890, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportion to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I. (Adults).Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population. at all ages.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases6462.73125.4
2. Respiratory Diseases11474.85222.7
3. Tubercular Diseases7923.35153.7

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Notice.
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and
Diarrhoea.
2. Includes Laryngitis, Croup, Asthma, Emphysema, Bronchitis, Pneumonia,
Pleurisy, and other Diseases of the Respiratory System.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula Tuberculosis, Rickets, Tabes, and Hydrocephalus.