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St Pancras 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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15
COMPARATIVE MORTALITY OF THE SUB-DISTRICTS.
As will be seen from the preceding tables, Somers Town stands out prominently
with the highest total mortality, having a death-rate of 5 per 1000 above the district
of St. Pancras as a whole. In previous years the same fact has appeared in the
statistics Compared to the other Sub-Districts the mortality was highest at every
age period. The death-rate from zymotic diseases has been kept at the average
bv means of isolation and disinfection, but from tubercular and respiratory
diseases the mortality has also been the highest of the Sub-Districts. (See table
8 A, B, and C.)
III.—INPECTIOUS DISEASES.
NOTIFICATION.
The number of cases of Infectious diseases certified to the Department during 1891, and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred are shown below:—
| Diseases Certified. | Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | l |
| Cholera | .. | l | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 9 |
| Diphtheria or Membranous Croup | 48 | 37 | 19 | 30 | 18 | 146 | 298 |
| Erysipelas | 36 | 106 | 34 | 32 | 58 | 104 | 370 |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 111 | 59 | 45 | 105 | 49 | 252 | 621 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 17 | 74 | 14 | 11 | 59 | 217 | |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 212 | 247 | 174 | 186 | 137 | 572 | 1528 |
The total numbers of cases notified is 78 below the number notified in the previous
year. Of the several diseases, all excepting two are below the numbers of
the previous year, diphtheria and membranous croup showing a fall of 139 cases;
the two that have increased in number are, cholera by 7 cases, and typhoid or
enteric fever by 80 cases. The increase in the number of the latter was mainly
attributable to the outbreak of the disease at the Foundling Hospital in the last
quarter of the year