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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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Table 7B. ST. PANCRAS SUB-DISTRICTS. 2nd 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 Road. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Total St. Pancras. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laryngitis | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Emphysema, Asthma | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Bronchitis | 21 | 10 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 48 | 5 | 144 |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 38 |
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | I | 2 | .. | 7 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 8 |
| Total Respiratory Diseases | 30 | 18 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 71 | 8 | 214 |
| Rickets | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| Phthisis | 21 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 27 | 11 | 114 |
| Tuberculosis. Scrofula, &c | 2 | 8 | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | 20 |
| Total Tubercular Diseases | 28 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 45 | 13 | 168 |
| Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 7 | .. | 35 |
| Scarlatina | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .. | 37 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | .. | 25 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Diarrhœa, &c | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | 12 |
| Total Principal Zymotic Diseases | 7 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 118 |