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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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. | Under20 ye rs ol 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 : | 206 | 169 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
Scarlatina | |||||||||||||
Hooping Cough | |||||||||||||
Canal | |||||||||||||
Disease of Pancreas | |||||||||||||
Influenza | Inflammation of Liver | ||||||||||||
Scurvy and Purpura | |||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | |||||||||||||
Infantile Fever | |||||||||||||
Typhus Fever | |||||||||||||
Puerperal Fever (Metria) Rheumatic Fever | VIII. Kidney, &c.; | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Nephritis | |||||||||||||
Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | |||||||||||||
65 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 3 | Cystitis | |||||||
Stricture of Urethra | |||||||||||||
IX. Childbirth : | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
III. Tubercular: | 155 | 46 | 67 | 36 | 6 | X. Joints, Bones, &c. : | 3 | 1 | i | 1 | |||
Phthisis (Consumption) Hydrocephalus | Disease of Joints, &c... | ||||||||||||
IV. Brain and Nerves : | 101 | 40 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 6 | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue ; | ||||||
Disease of Skin, Ac | |||||||||||||
Delirium Tremens | XII. Malformations : 1 .. 1 | ||||||||||||
Cyanosis | |||||||||||||
Spina Bifida | |||||||||||||
Other Malformations.. | |||||||||||||
Disease of Brain, &c... | Xm. Premature Birth and Debility | 35 | 35 | ||||||||||
XV. Old Age | 59 | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 28 | |||||||
XVI. Sudden | |||||||||||||
Disease of Heart, &c... | XVII. Violent Death : | 26 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration : | 247 | 127 | 16 | 31 | 64 | 9 | |||||||
Privation of Food | |||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk | |||||||||||||
Neglect | |||||||||||||
Cold | |||||||||||||
Poison | |||||||||||||
Pneumonia | Burne and Scalds | ||||||||||||
Hanging | |||||||||||||
Diseaes | Drowning | ||||||||||||
VII. Stomach and Di- gestive Organs | 54 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 12 | Fractures & Contusions | |||||||
Other Violence | |||||||||||||
Causes not Specified | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | 1026 | 491 | 134 | 145 | 200 | 50 |