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St Pancras 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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- 1893
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METEOROLOGY OF LONDON, 1892.
Periods. Barometer. Temperature. Daily range of Temperature. Degree of Humidity. Rainfall. Mean Inches. Departure from Average. Mean Degrees. Departure from Average. Mean Degrees. Departure from Average. Mean (Saturation = 1C0). Departure from Average. Amount in Inches. Departure from Average. -
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CENSUS 1881.
Institutions. Total Inmates, including Officers. Special Inmates. Sub-Districts. Total Inmates, including Officers. Special Inmates, -
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CENSUS 1891
Institutions. Total Inmates, including Officers. Special Inmates. Sub-Districts Total Inmates, including Officers. Special Inmates. -
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Births.—The number of births occurring in Public Institutions during the year 1892 was as follows:—
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Deaths.—The number of deaths occurring in Public Institutions during the past year was as follows:— Deaths in Public Institutions.
Sub-Districts. Parochial Institutions. Parishioners. Non-Parishioners. Totals. -
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POPULATION. As stated in previous Reports, the population of St. Pancras may be estimated as stationary, and as in the two previous years the population of the Districts and Sub-Districts, after correction and re-distribution, is estimated as follows:—
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The 186 births occurring in Public Institutions having been re-distributed according to population, the number of births and the birth-rate of each of the Sub-Districts and of the District were as follows:—
Sub-Districts. Number of Births. Birth-rate. -
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The total number of Deaths and the Death-rates in the Sub-Districts are set out below, 256 deaths from all causes not referable to any particular Sub-Districts being distributed according to population: —
Sub-Districts. Number of Deaths. Death-rate. -
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AGES AT DEATH. Under one year of age the number of deaths andj the proportion per 1000 births and per 1000 total deaths were as follows:—
Sub-Districts. Number of Deaths under 1 Year. Per 1000 Births. Per 1000 Deaths at all Ages. -
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Under five years of age the number of Deaths and the proportion per 1003 births and per J,000 total deaths were as follows:—
Sub-Districts. Number of Deaths under 5 Years. Per 1000 Births. Per 1000 Deaths at all Ages. -
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The number of deaths in the Sub.Districts and the proportions per 1000 of population and per 1000 of total deaths were as follows:—
Sub.Districts. Number. Per 1000 Population. Per 1C00 Total Deaths. -
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TUBERCULAR DISEASES. The Tubercular Diseases caused 666 deaths, compared with 746 in the preceding years, the incidence in the Sub-Districts was as follows: —
Sub-Districts. Numbers. Per 1000 Population. Per 1000 total Deaths. -
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The incidence of these Diseases in the Sub-Districts was as follows:—
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PUBLIC MORTUARIES.
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III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES. NOTIFICATION. The number of cases of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified to your Medical Officer of Health during the year 1892, and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred, are shown in the following table:—
Population—1891 Census. Regent's Park, pop. 36,592. Tottenham Court, pop. 26,319. Gray's Inn Lane, pop, 27,448, Somers Town, pop. 32,841. Camden Town, pop. 15,461. Kentish Town, pop. 95,775. Total. Diseases. -
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Monthly distribution of the Cases of Infectious Diseases certified in the Department throughout the Year 1892.
Weeks. 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 53 Diseases. January February March April May June July August September October November December Totals. -
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PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Cases of Infectious Diseases Certified to the Medical Officer of Health during the Year 1892.
Quarters First Quarter. Second Quarter. Third Quarter. Fourth Quarter. Total. Quarters. Months January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September October. November December. Months. -
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The Case-fatality, or proportion of deaths per cent. of cases notified, was approximately as below:—
Cases. Deaths. Fatality per cent. -
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SAINT PANCRAS- HEALTH DEPARTMENT. CHOLERA PREPARATIONS. Medical Officer of Health JOHN F. J. SYKES, D. Sc., M.D., Vestry Hall, Pancras Road, N.W. Poor Law Medical Officers, Relieving Officers, Sanitary Inspectors, and Disinfectors.
Wards. Poor Law Medical Officers. Relieving Officers. Parliamentary Divisions. Sub-Divisions. Sanitary Inspectors -
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District Medical Attendants, Chemists, Ambulances, and Hospitals.
Parliamentary Divisions Sub-Divisions. District Medical Attendants. Chemists. Ambulances, Litters, and Stretchers. Hospitals. -
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Parliamentary Divisions. Sub-Division. District Medical attendants. Chemists. Ambulances, Litters, and Stretchers. Hospitals- -
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ISOLATION. The cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital and the Sub-Districts whence they were removed, are recorded in the following table;—
Diseases. Regent's Park. Tottenham Court. Gray's Inn Lane. Somers Town. Camden Town. Kentish Town. Total. -
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But when the numbers for the individual diseases are compared the results appear differently, as the following tables will show:—
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Returns for the Six Months, July to December, 1891.
Registration Sub-Districts. Number of Births. "Successfully" Vaccinated. "Insusceptible.' Number of Cases ''Dead" Unvaccinated. Postponement by Medical Certificate. Removed to other places Unvacci-nated cases reported for prosecutions. -
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Returns for the Six Months, January to June, 1892.
Registration Sub-Districts. Number of Births. "Successfully" Vaccinated. "Insusceptible." Number of Cases "Dead" Unvaccinated Postponement by Medical Certificate Removed to other places. Unvaccinated cases reported for prosecutions. -
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Details of Disinfections.
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IV—SANITATION. OPEN SPACES. The parks, public gardens and other open spaces secured against building operations in St. Pancras, together with their situation, approximate area, and the authority under which they are maintained are enumerated, as in previous years, in the following table:—
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In reference to the number of occupants in rooms, the number of rooms in tenements, and the number of tenements in houses, the following extracts from the Census Return, 1891, Vol. III., are of interest.
PARTICULARS OF TENEMENTS OP FOUR ROOMS AND LESS. ST. PANCRAS. Census, 1891. Rooms in each Tenement. Number of Tenements Number of Occupants of each Tenement. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 or more -
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UNHEALTHY DWELLING-HOUSES. In continuation of the previous year's proceedings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, Part II., the following houses have been represented:—
Date of Representation of Medical Officer of Health. Premises. Dale and Resolution of Vestry. Date and Decision of Magistrate. -
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SUMMONSES Under the Public Health (London) Act, Metropolis Local Management Acts, Factory and Workshop Acts, and Housing of the Working Classes Act
Situation of Property. Offence. Result of Proceedings. Date. -
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Number of Dust Complaints.
July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total foe the Six Months. -
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The following food, unfit for human consumption, was seized during the year.
Date. Description of Articles seized. Remarks. -
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ADULTERATED FOOD. Analyses —Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Articles of Food of which samples have been taken. Divisions. Total. Remarks. South. East. West. North. -
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Summonses.—Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
No. Nature of Article as Purchased Result of Analysis. Result of Proceedings. Penalty. Costa. -
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Table No. t. ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT. Table showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, for the year 1892, and 10 years preceding. Gross Numbers.
The Year. Estimated Population. No. of Inhabited Houses. Marriages. Registered births. Corrected No. of Deaths. Deaths in Public Institutions. Total All Ages. Under One Year. Under Five Years. -
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Table No. 2. ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT. Table showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1892, and 10 Years preceding.
In the year. Birth Fate per 1.000 of Population. Corrected Death Rate per 1.000 of the Population. Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1,0(0 of Registered Births Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1,000 of Total Deaths. Deaths of Children under 5 years; per 1,000 of Total Deaths. Deaths in Public Institu tions; per 1,00( of Total Deaths. -
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Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year, 1892. Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.
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Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1892.
AGES. 0 to 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 15 to 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 65 to 75 75 to 85 and upwards Total. Under 5 years -
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Df.Aths Kf.gistf.kkd from ali. Causes during the Year 1892.— Continued.
. ages. 0 to 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 ~~~ 15 to 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 65 to 75 75 to 85 85 aud up-wads Total under 5 years -
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Table No. 3 b. SUMMARY OF DISEASES.
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Table No. 3 c. Summary of Ages.
AGES. 0 to 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 15 to 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 65 to 75 75 to 85 S5 and upwards Totals. Under 5 Years -
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ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT. Table IV. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1891, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportion to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
Division i, (Adults). Deaths. Deaths per 1000 of Population, at all ages. Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths at all ages. -
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ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DSTRICT. Table V. Shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1882 to 1891, and in the year 1892.
Disease. 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 Annual Average of 10 years, 1882.91. Proportion of Deaths to 1000 tot&l Deaths in 10 years, 1882.81. Deaths in 1892. Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 1892. -
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Table 6. Births and Deaths. Corrected and Classified in Sub-Districts and according to ages: —
Sub-Districts. Births. Deaths. Under 1. 1 and Under 5. Total Under 5. 5 to 60. Over 60. Total. -
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Table 7. Respiratory and Tubercular Diseases. Deaths from the various Respiratory and Tubercular 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. -
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Infectious Diseases. Deaths.—Corrected number of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases in the Parish and in each Sub-District.
Deaths from Regent's Park. Tottenham Court Gray's Inn Lane. Somers Town. Camden Town. Kentish Town No Address. Total, St. Pancras. -
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Table 8A. ST. PANCRAS SUB-DISTRICTS. TABLE shewing the number of deaths from the principal Zymotic and certain other Diseases, the Number of Deaths at various Ages, and the number of Births in the Sub-Districts for the year 1892. Births and Deaths not referable to any certain Sub-District, being re-distributed proportionately to the population.
Small Pox. Measles. Scarlatina. Typhus. Continued Fever. Enteric Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Diarrhoea. Zymotic Diseases. Tubercular Diseases. Respiratory Diseases. Deaths under One Year of Age. Deaths at I and under 5 Years of Age. Total Deaths under 5 Years of Age. Deaths at 5 and under 60 Years of Age. Deaths at 60 Years of Age and over. Deaths at all Ages and from all Causes. Births. Excess of births over Deaths. -
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Table 8B. ST. PANCRAS SUB.DISTRICTS. TABLE shewing the proportion of Deaths from the principal Zymotic and certain other Diseases, the proportion of Deaths at various Ages, and the proportion of Births to 1000 of population in the Sub.Districts for the Year 1892.
Estimated Population, 1892. Small Pox. Measles. Scarlatina. Typhus. Continued Fever. Enteric Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Diarrhoea. Zymotic Diseases. Tubercular Diseases. Respiratory Diseases. Under One Year. At One and Under Five Years. Total under Five Years of Age. 5—59 Years. 60 Years and over. Death Rate. Birth Rate. Excess of Birth Rate. -
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Table 8C. ST. PANCRAS SUB.DISTRICTS. TABLE shewing the proportions of Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases and certain other Diseases, and the proportion of Deaths at various Ages to 1000 of Total Deaths in the Sub.Districts for the year 1892. Also the proportion of Deaths under one year, five years, and at all ages to 1000 Births.
Total Number of Deaths, 1892. Small Pox. Measles. Scarlatina. Typhus. Continued Fever Enteric Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Diarrhoea. Zymotic Diseases. Tubercular Diseases. Respiratory Diseases. Under One Year. At One and under Five Years. Total under Five Years of Ape. 5 to 59 Years. 60 Years and over. Per 1000 Births. Total Number of Births, 1892. Deaths under One Year. Deaths at One and under Five Years. Total Number of Deaths under 5. Deaths at all Ages. -
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Table 9A. Sanitary Work Accomplished,
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Table 9 B. ST. PANCRAS, LONDON. House-to- House Inspections were made in the following streets and places :—
Name of Street. No. of Houses. No. of Rooms. No. of Dwellings and Families. No. of Persons. No. of Notices served Remarks. Occupied Unoocupied Occupied Unoocupied Adults Children -
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Name of Street. No. of Houses. No. of Kooms. No. of Dwellings and Families. No. of Persons. No. of Notices served. Remarks. Occupied Unoccupied Occupied Unoccupied Adults Children -
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LIST I. ST. PANCRAS, LONDON. Blocks of Dwellings let in Weekly Tenancies.
Name and Situation of Buildings. Name of Owner. Opened. No. of Rooms. .No. of Lettings or Families. Weekly Rent of Lettings. Accommodation, Adults. Children Total. -
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List II. ST. PANCRAS, LONDON. REGISTERED COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.
Situation. Accommodation. -
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List III. ST. PANCRAS, LONDON. LICENSED COW-HOUSES.
Consecutive No. Situation. Name of Licensee. Registered amount of breathing space in cubic feet. No. of Cows Licensed for. -
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LIST OF LICENSED CO W-HOUSES—Continued.
Consecutive No. Situation. Name of Licensee. Registered amount of breathingspace in cubic feet. No, of Cows Licensed for. -
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LICENSED SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
Consecutive No. Situation. Name of Licensee. -
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BAKEHOUSES.
Consecutive. No. Situation, Divisions and Sub-Divisions. Name of Occupier. If closed, date since when. Whether Floor is above or below ground level and distance. -
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List V.—con.BAKEHOUSES—continued.
Consecutive No. Situation, Divisions, and Sub-Divisions. Name of occupier. If closed, since when. Whether floor is above or below ground level, and distance. -
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List V.—con.BAKEHOUSES—continued.
Consecutive No. Situation, Divisions, and Sub-Divisions. Name of occupier. If closed, date since when. Whether floor is above or below ground level, and distance. -
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List V.—con.BAKEHOUSES—continued.
Consecutive No. Situation, Divisions, and Sub-Divisions. Name of occupier. If closed, date since when. Whether floor is above or below ground level, and distance. -
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List V.—con.BAKEHOUSES—continued..
Consecutive No. Situation. Divisions and Sub-Divisions. Name of Occupier. If closed, date since when. Whether floor is above or below ground level, and distance. -
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List V.—con.BAKEHOUSES—continued.
Consecutive No. Situation, Divisions and Sub-Divisions. Name of Occupier. If closed, date since when. Whether Floor is above or below ground level and distance. -
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List V.—con.BAKEHOUSES—continued.
Consecutive No. Situation, Divisions and Sub-Divisions. Name of Occupier. If closed, date since when. Whether Floor is above or below ground level and distance.