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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[ Table I. continued. ] Shewing the cause3 of Death at different Ages during the year 1862.
CAUSES OF DEATH | MALES AND FEMALES. | |||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | Ages at Death. | |||||||||||||||||
Under 1 year. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 15— | 55— | 65— | 75— | 85— | 95— | Doubtful Age.l | ||
Ulceration of Intestines | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Hernia | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
Ileus | 17 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Stricture of Intestines | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Stomach Diseases | 25 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | b | 1 | 1 | ||
Hepatitis | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||
Jaundice | 17 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
Liver Diseases | 55 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
5. Nephritis | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
Ischuria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Nephria | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | ||||
Diabetes | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | ||||
Stone | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Cystitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Kidney Diseases | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
6. Ovarian Dropsy | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Uterus Diseases | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
7. Joint Diseases | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | |||||
8. Phlegmon | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ulcer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Skin Diseases | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
IV.—1. | ||||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 66 | 65 | .. | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Cyanosis | 7 | 6 | .. | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Spina Bifida | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Other malformations | 9 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
Teething | 11 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
2. Childbirth | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
3. Old Age | 193 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 100 | 31 | 1 | |
4. Atrophy & Debility | 163 | 138 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
V.—1. | ||||||||||||||||||
(Accident or Negligence.) | ||||||||||||||||||
Fractures and Con tusions | 52 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||
Gun-shot | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
Burns and Scalds | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |||||
Poison | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Drowning | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||
Suffocation | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
Otherwise | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
2. Murder and Manslaughter | 12 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
3. Gun-Shot Woundt | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
Cuts and Stabs | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Poison | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Drowning | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hanging | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Otherwise | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
VI.—Sudden deaths (cause unascertained) Cause not specified, | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
or ill-defined | 36 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 18 |
Total | 4388 | 875 | 451 | 239 | 171 | 127 | 182 | 68 | 209 | 304 | 353 | 342 | 359 | 372 | 263 | 49 | 2 | 22 |