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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 1893

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

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Table: Under five years of agethe number of Deaths and the proportion per 1000 births and per 1,000 total deaths were as follows:—

Under five years of agethe number of Deaths and the proportion per 1000 births and per 1,000 total deaths were as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Number of Deaths under 5 Years.Per 1000 Births.Per 1000 Deaths at all Ages.
Regent's Park250263.4328.5
Tottenham Court221322.2383.0
Gray's Inn Lane299358.5399.2
Somers Town372361.9448.7
Camden Town134256.7380.7
Kentish Town717242.3378.4
St. Pancras1993287.3386.0
London35,200264.7384.5

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CAUSES OF DEATH.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
It has been the custom to regard the mortality from the "principal
zymotic diseases" as one of the criteria of the health conditions of a district.
Another standard is now introduced in the form of the mortality from the
"notifiable infectious diseases." The following table will enable the diseases
included under the respective heads to be seen at a glance: —
Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Small-Pox
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup
Typhus Fever
Typhoid or Enteric Fever
Continued Fever
Relapsing Fever
Puerperal Fever
Cholera
Erysipelas
Principal Zymotic Diseases.
Small-Pox
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria
Typhus Fever
Enteric Fever
Continued Fever
Measles
Whooping Cough
Diarrhœa
Dysentery
It will be noticed that the first six diseases, namely, Small-Pox, Scarlatina,
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup, Typhus, Enteric, and Continued Fevers,
are included under both heads. Relapsing and Puerperal Fevers, Cholera,
and Erysipelas are notifiable infectious diseases not included amongst the
principal zymotic diseases. Measles, Whooping Cough, Diarrhoea, and
Dysentery are included amongst the principal zymotic diseases, but are not
notifiable infectious diseases, at least in St. Pancras. Thus, by taking the
deaths of the first six diseases, and adding either group of the succeeding
four, the number of deaths and mortality of the one or of the other
classification may be obtained.