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, London, Borough of]
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Table 8 St. Pancras District and Sub-Districts.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Non-Parishioners in Public Institutions within the District are excluded. Parishioners in Public Institutions without the District are included. Parishioners in Public Institutions, whether within or without the District, are classified in the respective Districts of their previous residence. | alteration of areas. Note.— The "B" column of Regent's Park and Camden Town Sub-Districts, added to the Kentish Town Sub-District will give the figures for the areas previous to 1900. | No Address. | Totals St. Pancras. | Totals St. Pancras, All Ages. | ||||||||
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AGES. | Regent's Park. | 1ottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | ||||||
Diseases. | A | B | A | B | ||||||||
Notifiable Infectious Diseases | Under 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | .. | 57 | 155 |
5 upwards | 15 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 29 | .. | 98 | ||
Measles | Under 5 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 114 | 123 |
5 upwards | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Whooping Cough | Under 5 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 23 | .. | 101 | 104 |
5 upwards | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | Under 5 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 49 | 11 | 16 | 52 | 1 | 225 | 244 |
5 upwards | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 | ||
Rheumatic Fever | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 11 |
5 upwards | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 | ||
[Ague 0] Influenza | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 137 |
5 upwards | 23 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 133 | ||
Phthisis | Under 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 14 | 477 |
5 upwards | 73 | 18 | 60 | 82 | 54 | 23 | 45 | 74 | 34 | 463 | ||
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Under 5 | 40 | 25 | 41 | 49 | 47 | 16 | 21 | 55 | 2 | 296 | 845 |
5 upwards | 87 | 30 | 62 | 80 | 75 | 34 | 38 | 117 | 26 | 549 | ||
Heart Disease | Under 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 10 | 373 |
5 upwards | 51 | 20 | 34 | 48 | 49 | 24 | 22 | 98 | 17 | 363 | ||
Injuries | Under 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 201 |
5 upwards | 22 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 141 | ||
All other Diseases | Under 5 | 105 | 64 | 61 | 80 | 108 | 47 | 62 | 167 | 2 | 696 | 1985 |
5 upwards | 168 | 50 | 140 | 172 | 177 | 81 | 123 | 269 | 109 | 1289 | ||
Total Deaths | Under 5 | 226 | 133 | 158 | 232 | 255 | 90 | 131 | 343 | 11 | 1579 | 4655 |
5 upwards | 448 | 140 | 344 | 428 | 424 | 184 | 255 | 638 | 215 | 3076 | ||
All Ages | 674 | 273 | 502 | 660 | 679 | 274 | 386 | 981 | 226 | 4655 | ||
947 | 660 |