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 7A. ST. PANCRAS SUB-DISTRICTS. First 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 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 5 |
Emphysema | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .. | 21 |
Bronchitis | 52 | 34 | 46 | 53 | 22 | 104 | 11 | 322 |
Pneumonia | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 76 |
Pleurisy | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 8 |
Total Respiratory Diseases | 68 | 50 | 61 | 75 | 28 | 142 | 17 | 441 |
Rickets | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 16 |
Hydrocephalius | 2 | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | 14 |
Phthisis | 31 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 42 | 8 | 154 |
Tuberculosis, Scrofula, &c | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
Total Tubercular Diseases | 36 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 55 | 9 | 203 |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 4 | .. | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | .. | 24 |
Scarlatina | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | .. | 56 |
Diphtheria | 5 | 2 | .. | 7 | 1 | 16 | .. | 31 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Enteric Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
Diarrhæa, &c | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 11 |
Total Principal Zymotic Diseases | 20 | 22 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 48 | .. | 129 |