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St Pancras 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Table: Table 3a.— Deaths from all Causes during the Year 1908.Note.—TheDeaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the Borough are, excluded and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the Borough are included.

Table 3a.— Deaths from all Causes during the Year 1908.

Note.—TheDeaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the Borough are, excluded and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the Borough are included.

Cause of Deaths.ages
0 to 11 to ; 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 35 i35 to j 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwards.TotalsTotal u nder 5 years.
a.— General Diseases. L.—Miasmatic Diseases.
SmallpoxVaccinated..........................................
Not Vaccinated..........................................
Doubtful..........................................
Cowpox. Effects of Vaccination..........................................
chicken-Pox..........................................
Measles (Morbilli)11323...........................4643
Epidemic Rose Rash, German Measles..........................................
Scarlet Fever1152...2.....................2016
Typhus ,,..........................................
Plague..........................................
Relapsing Fever..........................................
Influenza...6.........4651822122756
Whooping Cough31351...........................6766
Mumps..........................................
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup31442........................2317
Cerebro Spinal Fever......1...........................1...
Simple Continued Fever..........................................
Enteric Fever............1423............10...
2.—DiarrhœaI Diseases.
Asiatic Cholera..........................................
Epidemic Diarrhœa, Epid. (or Zym.) Enteritis289..............................3737
Diarrhœa, Choleraic Diarrhœa379.....................3......4946
Dysentery...............1..................1...
3.—Mala rial Diseases.
Malarial Fever..........................................
4.—Zoogenous Diseases.
Hydrophobia..........................................
Glanders, Farcy...............1.....................1
Anthrax, Splenic Fever..........................................
Tetanus..........................................
5.— Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis9............111............129
Gonorrhœa, Stricture of Urethra...............11...11......4...
6.—Septic Diseases.
Puerperal Septicaemia, Saprsemia............1.....................1...
Puerperal Pyæmia..........................................
Puerperal Phlegmasia Dolens..........................................
Puerperal Fever..................1...............1...
Infective Endocarditis...............1......1.........2...
Erysipelas2.........1...111...1...72
Septicæmia (not Puerperal)...11......1...11.........51
Pyæmia (not Puerperal)......1...1.....................2...
Phlegmon, Carbuncle (not Anthrax)..........................................
Phagedasna..........................................
Other Septic Diseases...1..................11......31
7.— Tubercular Diseases.
Tuberculous Phthisis (Puim. Phthisis)5932275486632961128614
Phthisis............720181876......76...
Tuberculous Meningitis15254...13..................4840
Tuberculous Peritonitis23...12.....................85
Tabes Mesenterica1.................................11
Lupus..........................................
Tubercle of other Organs.........1......22...1......6...
General Tuberculosis97...236324.........3616
Scrofula..........................................