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St Pancras 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABI.E NO. 2.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S SHORT LIST OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF
ST. PANCRAS, 1933.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | All agee. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 05 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES | M | 1425 | 90 | 19 | 21 | 33 | 40 | 63 | 97 | 183 | 297 | 330 | 252 |
| F | 1183 | 61 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 41 | 63 | 117 | 189 | 287 | 339 | |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Measles | M | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | M | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Whooping Cough | M | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Diphtheria | M | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 7 | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6. Influenza | M | 64 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 4 |
| F | 67 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 18 | |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| 8. Cerebro spinal Fever | M | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | M | 128 | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 1 |
| F | 44 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| 10. Other Tuberculous Diseases | M | 8 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 15 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Syphilis | M | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| 13. Cancer, Malignant Disease | M | 184 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 60 | 61 | 33 |
| F | 182 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 46 | 53 | 31 | |
| 14. Diabetes | M | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| 15. Cerebral Hæmorrhage, etc. | M | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 |
| F | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 |