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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 1891

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

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Table: ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT.Table V.Shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1881 to 1890, and in the year 1891.

ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT.

Table V.

Shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1881 to 1890, and in the year 1891.

Disease.1881188218831884188518861887188818891890Annual Average of 10 years, 1881-90.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 10 years, 1881-90.Deaths in 1891.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 1891.
Small-Pox846361632..1....23.04.59....
Measles172130998919012714520686131137.528.76913.3
Scarlet Fever18066614431265852282757.312.0326.1
Diphtheria70517845374459726214165.913.88015.4
Whooping Cough12228872202144120199142108140153.732.115529.8
Typhus Fever1..21............0.40.0....
Enteric Fever66691325537292857293253.411.1275.1
Simple Continued Fever .8..2..2211211.90.310.19
Diarrhæa211119162227125266229114183174181.037.815830.4
Totals914729611724629616719645498646673.1140.1522100.4
Totals—London13,91113,53310,80113,62911,64711,12112,68410,8039,70912,27912,011.7..9,675107.2