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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Table No. 2. Deaths Registered from all Causes for the Year 1914.
Note.—The Deaths 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 Death. | AGES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Total under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and upwards. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | persons | |
| 1.—General Diseases. | I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2. Typhus ,, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3. Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4. Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 5. Small Pox— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Vaccinated | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (b) Not Vaccinated | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (c) Doubtful | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6. Measles | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3l | 22 | 53 |
| 7. Scarlet Fever | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 8. Whooping Cough | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 23 | 49 | |
| 9. (a) Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –_ | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| (b) Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10. Influenza | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | –_ | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 11. Miliary Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12. Asiatic Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –_ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13. Cholera Nostras | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14. Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 15. Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16. Yellow Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17. Leprosy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18. Erysipelas | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2_ | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 19. (a) Mumps | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (b) Geiman Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (c) "Varicella | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (d) Other Epidemic Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20. (a) Pyæmia | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| (b) Septicæmia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | _ | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| (c) Vaccinia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21. Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22. Anthrax (Splenic Fever) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23. Rabies | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24. Tetanus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| 25. Mycoses | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 Pellagra | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27. Beri-Beri | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28. (a) Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 29 | 40 | 19 | 66 | 20 | 41 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 209 | 114 | 323 |
| (b) Phthisis (not defined as Tuberculosis) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| 29. (a) Acute Phthisis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (b) Acute Miliary Tuberculosis | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 30. Tuberculous Meningitis | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 31. (a) Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| (6) Other peritoneal & intestinal tubercle | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 32. Tuberculosis of Spinal Column | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 33. Tuberculosis of Joints | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 34. (a) Lupus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (b) Scrofula | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (c) Tuberculosis of other Organs | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 35 Disseminated Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 36. Itickets, Softening of Bones | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 37. Syphilis | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 11 | 1 | 9 | l | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 38. Other Venereal Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39. Cancer of the Buccal Cavity | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 40. , Stomach, Liver &c. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 28 | 79 |
| 41. m Peritoneum, Intestines, and Rectum | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| 42. ,, Female Genital Organs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 5 | – | 11 | – | 11 | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 39 | 39 |
| 43. ,, Breast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | 9 | – | 7 | – | 5 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 31 |
| 41. „ Skin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 45. Cancer of other or unspecified Organs | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | – | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | 37 | 18 | 55 |
| 4(7. Other Tumours (situation undefined) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 47. Rheumatic Fever | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 48. (a) Chronic Rheumatism | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| (b) Osteo-Arthritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| (c) Gout | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
| 49. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |