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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 1897
Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department
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Table 3a.
Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1897.
Note—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.
| AGES. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 6 5 | 85 & upwards | Total | Under 5 years. | ||
| I.—Specific Kebkile, oh Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| ...(Smallpox. | 'Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| .No Statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | |
| Measles | 17 | 07 | 4 | i | 89 | 84 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 14 | |||||||
| Typhus | ||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 60 | 58 | "4 | 122 | 118 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | 5 | 70 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 112 | 75 | |||||||
| Simple Continued & Ill-defined Fever | ||||||||||||||
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | "2 | "8 | 16 | "8 | "i | 1 | "i | "i | 38 | 2 | ||||
| Other Miasmatic Diseases (Influenza) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2 | |||
| 2.—Diarrhoeal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Simple Cholera | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 194 | 35 | i | "2 | "4 | •6 | 5 | "8 | 6 | 1 | 262 | 229 | ||
| 3.—Malarial Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Ague | ... | ... | "i | ... | "i | ... | ||||||||
| 4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Cowpox and Effects of Vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, | ||||||||||||||
| Glanders, Splenic Fever) | ... | 1 | •• | 1 | ... | |||||||||
| 5.—Venereal Diseases | ||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 13 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | |||
| Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| 6.—Septic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | |||||
| Pyaemia, Septicaemia | "i | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | b | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... ' | ... | 6 | ||||||||
| 11.—Parasitic Diseasis. | ||||||||||||||
| Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Worms, Hydatiis arc other Animal Parasitic Diseases | ... | |||||||||||||
| 111.—Dietic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Scurvy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Chronic Alcoholism ......... | ... | ... | ... | ... | "1 | 6 | 12 | "6 | "i | ... | 26 | ... | ||
| Delirium Tremens ......... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | |||||
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases. Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 1 | ||||||
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | '2 | 7 | ... | |||||||
| Gout | ... | "i | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rickets | "i | 1 7 | "l | 9 | *8 | |||||||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease ...... | "5 | "7 | 32 | 42 | 44 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 183 | |||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 16 | 2 | ... | 18 | 18 | |||||||||
| Tubercular Meningitis,Hydrocephalus | 20 | 28 | 12 | "i | "i | i | 63 | 18 | ||||||
| Phthisis ... ( ... | 3 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 91 | 152 | 98 | 60 | 11 | i | 486 | 11 | ||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 68 | 36 | |||
| Purpura, Hasmorrhagic Diathesis | ||||||||||||||
| An»3mia, Chlorosis, Leucocythaemia | ... | "2 | i | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | |||||
| Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus | "3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | i | 17 | ||||||
| Other Constitutional Diseases ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||