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St Pancras 1902

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

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Table: The Principal Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the Sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per cent. of total deaths, were as follows:—

The Principal Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths from this group of diseases in the Sub-Districts, and the proportions per 1000 of population and per cent. of total deaths, were as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Number.Per 1000 Population.Per cent. of Total Deaths.
Regent's Park1292.4913.8
Tottenham Court452.1210.3
Gray's Inn Lane1012.8813.2
Somers Town1053.4214.5
Camden Town681.7510.8
Kentish Town1352.2713.6
St, Pancras5832.4613.0
London103932.2712.6

Table: COMPARATIVE MORTALITY OF THE SUB-DISTRICTS.Throwing the Birth and Death Rates of the foregoing tables into one table we obtain this result: —

COMPARATIVE MORTALITY OF THE SUB-DISTRICTS.

Throwing the Birth and Death Rates of the foregoing tables into one table we obtain this result: —

Sub-Districts.Birth Bate.Total Death Bate from all causes.Death Bates fromDeath Rates per 1000 Births.
Phthisis.bronchitis Pneumonia. Pleurisy.Notifiable Infectious Diseases.Principal Zymotic Diseases.Under 1 year.Under 5 years.
Regent's Park27.818.01.623.191.242.49133.3213.2
Tottenham Court20.820.52.963.901.042.12199.1305.5
Gray's Inn Lane25.221.92.403.851.372.88200.7311.8
Somers Town32.223.62.224.791.573.42185.4290.8
Camden Town27.116.31.652.811.191.75112.5175.4
Kentish Town27.716.61.533.141.132.27116.2200.4
St. Pancras27.218.91.923 481.242.46147.2235.5

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The Tottenham Court Sub-District has the lowest birth-rate, followed by
Gray's Inn Lane, the Sub-Districts constituting South St. Pancras, the portion
of the Borough most occupied by business premises and workshops, and by
the workers employed there or in the adjacent more central Districts ; whereas
the Somers Town Sub-District has the highest birth-rate - a Sub-District
occupied by a poorer and more uxorious class.
The excess of births over deaths is only 0.3 per 1000 in the Tottenham
Court Sub-District and 3.3 per 1000 in the Gray's Inn Lane, rising to 8'6 per
1000 in Somers Town. So that, although Somers Town has the highest death-