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St Pancras 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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Table No. 2. Deaths Registered from all Causes for the Year 1916.
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1.-General Diseases | 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. Enteric Fever | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2. Typhus „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3. Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Small Pox- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Vaccinated | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (c) Doubtful | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6. Measles | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 42 | ||||
| 7. Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8. Whooping Cough | 7 | — | 11 | 13 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | 13 | 26 | |||||
| 9. (a) Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 11 | 23 | |||
| (b) Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | —_ | — | — |
| 10. Influenza | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 35 | ||||
| 11. Miliary Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ |
| 12. Asiatic Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13. Cholera Nostras | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | —_ |
| 14. Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 15. Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | —_ |
| 16. Yellow Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —:— | — | — | — | —:— | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_— | — | — |
| 17. Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —:— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — |
| 18. Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | _ | — | 3 | 3 | |
| 19. (a) Mumps | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (b) German Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Varicella | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20. (a) Pyæmia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | ||
| — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| (c) Vaccinia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21. Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22. Anthrax (Splenic Fever) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| 23. Rabies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24. Tetanus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 25. Mycoses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26. Pellagra | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27. Beri-eri | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _l | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | —_ |
| 28. (a) Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 51 | 29 | 51 | 29 | 12 | 36 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 200 | 105 | 305 | ||||||
| (b) Phthisis (not defined as tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 18 | 17 | 35 | ||||||||
| 29. (a) Acute Phthisis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 30. Tuberculous Meningitis | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 20 | 45 | ||||
| 31. (a) Tabes Mesenterica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| (b) Other peritoneal & intestinal tuber els | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 15 | |||
| 32. Tuberculosis of Spinal Column | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | |
| 33. Tuberculosis of Joints | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | |
| 34. (a) Lupus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —•— | — | — | — | — | —_ | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | |||
| 35. Disseminated Tuberculosis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| 36. Rickets, Softening of Bones | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 37. Syphilis | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 11 | 22 | |||||
| 38. Other Venereal Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39. Cancer of the Buccal Cavity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 17 | 1 | 18 | |||||
| 40. ,, Stomach, Liver, &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 5 | — | — | 50 | 34 | 84 | |||||
| 41. ,, Peritoneum, Intestines, and Rectum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 42. „ Female Genital Organs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 34 | 25 | ||||
| 43; ,, Breast | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 33 | ||||||
| 44. ,, Skin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 45. Cancer of other or unspecified Organs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 17 | 49 | ||||
| 46. Other Tumours (situation undefined) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| 47. Rheumatic Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 48. (a) Chronic Rheumatism | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 8 | |||
| (c) Gout | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| 49. Scurvy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |