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St Pancras 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH.
Zymotic Diseases.
The principal Zymotic Diseases were the cause of 522 deaths compared with 646
in the previous year, and an annual average during the previous ten years of
673 1.
The number of deaths and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths were as follows:—
| Sub-Districts. | Number. | Per 1000 Population. | Per 1000 Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Park | 90 | 2.4 | 114.1 |
| Tottenham | 52 | 2.0 | 91.4 |
| Grav's Inn Lane | 84 | 3.0 | 131.2 |
| Somers Town | 78 | 2.3 | 87.2 |
| Camden Town | 27 | 1.9 | 86.5 |
| Kentish Town | 190 | 1.9 | 97.4 |
| St. Pancras | 522 | 2.2 | 100.4 |
| London | 9675 | 2.3 | 107.2 |
During the year no deaths were registered in St. Pancras as due to Small-pox
and to Typhus Fever, and only one death to Continued Fever. Enteric Fever
caused 27 deaths, the annual average for the preceding ten years having been
534; and Scarlet Fever causcd 32 deaths, the decimal average having been 57.3.
Measles was the cause of 69 deaths, against an average of 132.7; Diarrhoea 158,
against 181; Whooping Cough 155, against 153.7; and Diptheria 80, against
65 9. The last-mentioned was the only Zymotic Disease materially above the
average; but compared with the previous year, when the deaths were 141, there
is a considerable fall in its mortality (see Table 5).
INFLUENZA.
This disease having prevailed in an epidemic form in three consecutive years,
1889-90, 1890-91, 1891-92, it is interesting to place on record the comparative
statistics. Taking the four months, December, January, February, and March,
during each of the epidemic periods, and comparing their relative mortality,
whereas in St. Pancras in the first epidemic the mortality was 41, in the second it
was nil, and in the third 161. Similarly, in all London, the mortality was
reespectively 559, 38, and 2,164. From these figures it will be seen that the
epidemic of 1891-2 was by far the most fatal.