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St Pancras 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[ SCHEDULE B. ]
Deaths Registered in St. Pancras during the Four Weeks ending Nov. 28th, 1857.
| Causes of Death. | At all Ages. | Under 20 years of age. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | At 80 years of age and upwards. | Causes of Death. | At all Ages. | Under 20 years ot age. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | At 80 years of age and upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Zymotic : | Enteritis | ||||||||||||
| Small Pox | Peritonitis | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 8 | 8 | Ascites | ||||||||||
| Scarlatina | 11 | 10 | 1 | Ulceration of Intestines | |||||||||
| Hooping Cough | 18 | 18 | Hernia (Rupture) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
| Croup | 3 | 3 | Ileus | 3 | 2 | •• | 1 | ||||||
| Thrush | 1 | 1 | Intussusception | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Stricture of Intestinal Canal | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Cholera | Disease of stomach, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Influenza | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Disease of pancreas | |||||||
| Scurvy and Purpura | (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
| Ague | |||||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | Jaundice | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Infantile Fever | Disease of Liver | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Typhus Fever | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | Disease of spleen | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever (Metria) | VIII. Kidney, &c.: | ||||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | Nephritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Syphilis | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | 8 | .. | I | 6 | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Noma (Canker) | Ischuria | ||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Diabetes | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
| Stone | |||||||||||||
| II. Dropsy, &c. : | Cystitis | ||||||||||||
| Haemorrhage | Stricture of Urethra | ||||||||||||
| Disease of Bladder, &c. | |||||||||||||
| Dropsy | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Abscess | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | IX. Childbirth: | ||||||||
| Ulcer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Fistula | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
| Mortification | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | Ovarian Dropsy | ||||||
| Cancer | 11 | .. | 3 | 3 | 5 | Childbirth (see Metria) | |||||||
| Gout | Disease of Uterns, &c. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
| III. Tubercular: | X. Joints, Bones, &c.: | ||||||||||||
| Scrofula | 1 | 1 | Rheumatism | ||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 4 | Arthritis | ||||||||||
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 32 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1 | Disease of Joints, &c. | |||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| IV. Brain and Nerves : | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue : | ||||||||||||
| Cephalitis | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | Carbuncle | |||||||
| Apoplexy | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | Phlegmon | ||||||
| Palsy (Paralysis) | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Disease of Skin, &c. | |||||||
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
| Chorea | XII. Malformation: | ||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | |||||||||||||
| Tetanus | Cyanosis | ||||||||||||
| Insanity | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||||
| Convulsions | 8 | 8 | Other Malformations | ||||||||||
| Disease of Brain, &c | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | XIII. Premature Birth | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| V. Heart and blood Vessels : | XIV. Atrophy | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| XV. Old Age | 28 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 13 | |||||||
| Pericarditis | 1 | .. | 1 | XVI. Sudden | |||||||||
| Aneurism | |||||||||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c | 10 | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | XVII. Violent Death: | |||||||
| VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration : | Intemperance | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Privation of Food | |||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Laryngitis | Neglect | ||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 52 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 3 | Cold | ||||||
| Pleurisy | Poison | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | 29 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Burns and Scalds | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Asthma | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Hanging | |||||||
| Disease of Lungs | 6 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | Suffocation | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Drowning | |||||||||||||
| VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs: | Fractures & Contusions Wounds | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Teething | 2 | 2 | Other Violence | ||||||||||
| Causes not Specified | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Quinsey | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gastritis | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 333 | 151 | 32 | 51 | 74 | 25 |