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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 1906

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

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Table: St. Pancras.—Infant Deaths, 1905.Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

St. Pancras.—Infant Deaths, 1905.

Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—2 Months.2—3 Months.3—I Months.4—5 Months.5—6 Months.6—7 Months.7—8 Months.8—9 Months.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.!11—12 Months.!Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified1493427322429690503864412337363827782
Uncertified5.........5.................................5
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................23...322315
Scarlet Fever.......................................1......1
Diphtheria: Croup...............1.....................1......2
Whooping Cough.........11342432...324129
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa (all forms)...311591216920948454105
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)1...2141311467221...2254
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh.........11...1...........................2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth8412871116312.....................123
Congenital Defects781...1633...1...2...1.........26
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast-milk1.........1221......11.........19
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1556831171372642321192
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...............11......112213113
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................21..................1...4
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............22...13...2......2...12
Erysipelas...........................1..................1
Syphilis.........11333...11.........1...13
Rickets.......................................11...2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................113423153326
Convulsions42...3943...1...11............19
Bronchitis2...11451144631531...47
Laryngitis.......................................1......1
Pneumonia...15410168748646119897
Suffocation (overlaying)11...2215563......2...............31
Other Causes283123464...1221423362
1543427322179690503864412337363827787

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Births in the year
Legitimate 5533
Illegitimate 278
Population estimated to the middle of 1905 237150
Excluding non-residents in Hospitals 500
Including inmates of extra Borough Institutions 2333
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 3728
(Excluding non-residents, and including residents dying outside the Borough.)