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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SUMMARY OF DISEASES OF TABLES IIIA, B, C, D, E.
1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year 1888. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I —Specific and Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases : | |||||
1. Miasmatic Diseases | 132 | 85 | 128 | 188 | 533 |
2. Diarrhceal | 3 | 17 | 78 | 17 | 115 |
3. Malarial ,, | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
4. Zoogenous ,, | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
5. Venereal ,, | 8 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 37 |
6. Septic „ | 11 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 43 |
II,—Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 5 |
III.—Dietic Diseases | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
IV. Constitutional Diseases | 223 | 214 | 179 | 194 | 810 |
V.—Developmental Diseases | 119 | 90 | 83 | 119 | 411 |
VI.—Local Diseases: | |||||
1. Diseases of Nervous System | 139 | 143 | 140 | 114 | 536 |
2. „ ,, Organs of Special Sense | 2 | ... | 6 | 1 | 9 |
3. ,, ,, Circulatory System | 76 | 82 | 61 | 72 | 291 |
4. „ ,, Respiratory System | 371 | 188 | 108 | 308 | 975 |
5. ,, „ Digestive System | 68 | 71 | 83 | 66 | 288 |
6. ,. ,, Lymphatic System | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
7. ,, ,, Gland-like Organs of Untain Use | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
8. „ ,, Urinary System | 34 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 114 |
9. ,, ,, Reproductive System | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(a) ,, „ Organs of Generation | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
(b) ,, ,, Parturition | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
10. ,, ,, Bones and Joints | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
11. „ „ Integumentary System | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | 7 |
VII.—Violence : | |||||
1. Accident or Negligence | 34 | 37 | 36 | 23 | 130 |
2. Homicide | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
3. Suicide | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
4. Execution | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
VIII.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes | 54 | 42 | 67 | 49 | 212 |
Total | 1308 | 1068 | 1034 | 1218 | 4628 |