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, Metropolitan Borough]
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[ SCHEDULE B. ]
Deaths Registered in St. Pancras during Five Weeks ending August 1st, 1857.
Causes of Death. | At all Ages. | Under 20 years of age. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | At 80 years of age and upwards. | Causes of Death. | At all Ages. | Under 20 years of age. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | At 80 years of age and upwards. |
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I. Zymotic : | Enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Small Pox | 3 | 3 | Peritonitis | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
Measles | 4 | 4 | Ascites | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Scarlatina | 11 | 11 | Uleerattion of intestines | ||||||||||
Hooping Cough | 13 | 13 | Hernia(Rupture) | ||||||||||
Croup | 4 | 4 | Ileus | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | ||||||
Thrush | 4 | 4 | Intussuseeption | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
Diarrhœa Dysentery | 54 | 51 | .. | .. | 3 | Canal | |||||||
Cholera | 4 | 4 | Disease of stomach,&c. | ||||||||||
Influnza | Disease of pancreas | ||||||||||||
Scurvy and Purpura | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
Ague | Jaundice | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Remittent Fever | Dissease of lliver | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | |||||||
Infantile Fever | 1 | 1 | Dissease of spleen | ||||||||||
Typhus Fever | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | VIII. Kidney, &c. ; | ||||||||||
Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | Nephritis | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Syphilis | 2 | I | I | Nephria (Bright's dis) | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Noma(canker) | Ischuria | ||||||||||||
Hydrophobia | Diabetes | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
II. Drop3Y, &c. : | Stone Cystitis | ||||||||||||
1 | 1 | Stricture of Urethra | |||||||||||
Dropsy | 2 | • • | • • | 1 | 1 | Disease of bladder,&c. | |||||||
Abscess | Ix. childbirth | ||||||||||||
Ulcer | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Fistula | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Paramenia | |||||||
Mortification | Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Cancer | 8 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | Childbirth(see martia) | 4 | .. | 4 | ||||
Gcut | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | Disease of uterus,&c. | ||||||||
III. Tubercular; | X, Joints, Bones, &c. : | ||||||||||||
Scrofula | 3 | 2 | 1 | Rheumatism | |||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica Phthisis (Consumption) | 10 55 | 10 7 | 24 | 19 | 5 | Arthritis Disease of Joints, &c | |||||||
Hydrocephalus | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
IV. Brain and Nerves : | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue ; | ||||||||||||
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Carbuncle | |||||||||
Apoplexy | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | Phlegmon | |||||||
Palsy | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | Disease ofskin,&c. | 1 | |||||
Delirium Tremens | |||||||||||||
Chorea | XII. Malformations: | ||||||||||||
Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | Cyanosis | ||||||||
Tetanus Insanity | 1 | 1 | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||
convulsions | 9 | 9 | Other Malfolations | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Disease of Brain, &c | 11 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | XIII. premature birth and debility | 9 | 9 | ||||
V, Heart and Blood Vessels : | XIV. Atrophy | 29 | 29 | ||||||||||
Pericardities | XV. old age | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 10 | ||||||
Aneurism | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | XVI. Sudden | |||||||
Disease of Heart, &c. VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration : | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | XVII. Violent Death: Intemperance Privation of Food , Want of Breast Milk Neglect | 2 | 2 | |||||
Bronchities | 14 | 7 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | Cold | ||||||
Pleurisy | Poison | ||||||||||||
Pneumonia | 5 | 5 | Burns and scalds | ||||||||||
Asthma | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | hanging | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Disease of Lungs | 2, | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Suffocation | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs; | Drowning Fractures & Contusions | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Teething | 1 | 1 | Other Violence | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
Quinsey | Cause not specified | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Gastritis | |||||||||||||
Totals | 380 | 217 | 52 | 53 | 45 | 13 |