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St Pancras 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I.—Deaths from different causes occurring in the various Sub·Districts of St Pancras, during the year 1857.
| ALL CAUSES | Whole Parish. | Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court Road. | Gray's Inn. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | ftcntish Town. | Workhouse. | | Whole Parish. | Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court Road. | Gray's Inn. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | Workhouse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5831 | 636 | 607 | 520 | 730 | 382 | 609 | 347 | ||||||||||
| 7 Teething | 38 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Specified causes | 3809 | 632 | 607 | 519 | 719 | 378 | 608 | 346 | Quinsey | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | ||||
| 1 Zymotic diseases | 839 | 147 | 136 | 123 | 184 | 72 | 136 | 41 | Gstritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| 2 Diseases of uncertain or variable seat | 182 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 33 | 21 | 35 | 21 | Enteritis | 10 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Peritonitis | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 Tubercular diseases . | 647 | 103 | 107 | 88 | 128 | 58 | 98 | 65 | Ascites | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 |
| 4 Diseases of the Nervou System | 421 | 64 | 70 | 59 | 59 | 48 | 83 | 38 | Ulceration of Intestines | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Hernites | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 Diseases of the Organf of Circulation | 140 | 29 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 13 | 18 | 15 | IIeus | 16 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Intussusception | 6 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | ||||||||||
| 6 Diseases of the Respira tory Organs | 703 | 120 | 115 | 98 | 136 | 76 | 99 | 59 | Stricture of Intestinal Canal | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||
| 7 Diseases of the Digest ive Organs | 198 | 36 | 28 | 24 | 41 | 20 | 36 | 13 | Disease of Stomach, &c. | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Disease of Pancreas | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 Diseases of the Urinary Organs | 64 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | .. | 6 | 11 | Hepatitis | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jaundice | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 9 Diseases of the Organs of Generation | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Disease of Liver | 44 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Disease of Spleen | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
| 10 Diseases of the Organs of Locomotion | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 Nephritis | 5 | 2 | .. | 3 | ||||
| Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | 35 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | 10 | |||||||||
| 11 Diseases of the Integu mentary System | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ischuria | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diabetes | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||||
| 12 Malformation | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Stone | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 13 Premature Birth and Debility | 121 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 11 | Cystitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Stricture of Urethra | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
| 14 Atrophy | 99 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 10 | l6 | 9 | Disease of Kidneys, | ||||||||
| 15 Age | 177 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 31 | 56 | Bladder, &c. | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 External onuses | 159 | 14 | 51 | 18 | 34 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 9 Paramenia | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 Small Pox | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | 9 | Childbirth | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
| Measles | 126 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 20 | Diseaseof Organs of | ||||||||
| Scarlatina | 99 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 21 | ||||||||||
| n | 04 | 14 | 14 | 3 | Generation | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Croup | 35 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 Arthritis | |||||||||
| Thrush | 14 | 3 | • • | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Rheumatism | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | ||
| Diarrhœa | 159 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 30 | 2 | Disease of Joints, &c | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 Carbuncle | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Cholera | 9 | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Phlegmon | ||||||||||
| Influenza | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | Disease of Skin, &c. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
| Scurvy and Purpura | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 12 Cyanosis | ||||||||||||
| Ague | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Spina Bifida | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
| Remittent Fever | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Othe Malformations | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Infantile Fever | 9 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 17 Intemperance | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Typhus Fever | 122 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 32 | 2 | Privation of Food | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Puerperal Fever (Metria) | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Want of Breast Milk | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Neglect | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 30 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Cold | ||||||||
| Syphilis | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Poison | 9 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Noma (Canker) | 1 | 1 | Burns and Scalds | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 2 Hydrophobia | Hanging & Suffoeation | 29 | .. | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Hæmorrhage | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | Drowning | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dropsy | 39 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | Fractures & Contusions | 43 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | |
| Abscess | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Wounds | 12 | 3 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | ||
| Ulcer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Other Violence | 14 | 2 | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Fistula | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Causes not specified | 22 | 4 | .. | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mortification | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | l | 1 | |||||||||
| Cancer | 94 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 15 | Details of some of the Violent Deaths. Regent's Park.—Two Children, newly born, murdered. Suicides.—One from window; one gunshot; one drowned. Poison.—One by Oil of Vitriol.—One Injury in state of Intoxication. Tottenham.—One buffer accident; two travelling on rail; Seven from falling houses. Five children burnt, and one scalded to death; two children poisoned by narcotic poison. Two Suicides, One by prussic acid the other by sulphuric acid. Seven children overlaid. Gray's Inn.—Suicide from a window. Six children burnt. Two overlaid. Somcrs Town.—One suicide from a window ; one by hanging; two cut throats. Two newly born murdered. Four overlaid. Oamden Town.— One child burnt. One suicide by hanging. Four children smothered. Four persons drowned. Kentish Town.—One child burnt; two scalded. One suicide by corrosive sublimate; one by hanging. Five children smothered in bed ; one newly born murdered. One child drowned in a pan. In all.—Sixteen suicides; sixteen children burnt; seven from falling of a house; fiye newly born murdered; twenty·two children stifled in bed; three by railway accidents; one ohild drowned in a pan. | ||||||||
| Gout 3 Scrofula | 9 20 | 2 5 | 2 3 | .. 1 | .. 5 | .. 2 | 3 3 | 2 1 | |||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 62 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 475 | 76 | 81 | 64 | 91 | 36 | 71 | 56 | |||||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 90 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 Cephalites | 53 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||
| Apoplexy | 118 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 12 | |||||||||
| Paralysis | 62 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||||||||
| Delirium Tremens | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Chorea | |||||||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tetanus | |||||||||||||||||
| Insanity | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 1 | |||||||||
| Convulsions | 118 | 23 | 2d | 19 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 8 | |||||||||
| Disease of Brain, &c. | 49 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 5 Pericarditis | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Aneurism | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c. | 120 | 28 | 10 | ?1 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 13 | |||||||||
| 6 Laryngitis | 24 | 4 | .. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 406 | 59 | 77 | 63 | 74 | 40 | 42 | 51 | |||||||||
| Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 209 | 44 | 33 | 23 | 45 | 20 | 37 | 7 | |||||||||
| Asthma | 32 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Disease of Lungs, &c. | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| N.B.—In this Table are included deaths in the Middlesex, and London Fever Hospitals, of St. Pancras people ; whilst the deaths in the Strand Union are excluded, and also deaths in Hospitals of those who were known to have belonged to other districts; while tfther deaths inHospitals have been referred to the sub·districts from which cach person came, wherever this could be ascertained. | |||||||||||||||||