Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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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. |
---|---|---|---|
1. Principal Zymotic Disaases | 724 | 3.06 | 140.4 |
2. Respiratory Diseases | 1252 | 5.30 | 242.8 |
3. Tubercular Diseases | 666 | 2.82 | 129.1 |
Notice.
1. Includes Small.pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and
Diarrhoea.
2. Inoludes Laryngitis, Croup, Asthma, Emphysema, Bronchitis, Pneumonia,
Pleurisy, and other Diseases of the Respiratory System.
3. Inoludes Phthisis, Sorofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, Tabes, and Hydrocephalus.