Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[ SCHEDULE B.]
Deaths Registered in Saint Pancras during Five Weeks ending May 2nd, 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 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L Zymotic : | Enteritis | ||||||||||||
| Small Pox | Peritonitis | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 8 | 8 | Ascites | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Scarlatina | 12 | 12 | Ulceration of Intestines | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Hooping Cough | 22 | 22 | Hernia (Rupture) | I | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
| Croup | 3 | 3 | Ileus | ||||||||||
| Thrush | 2 | 2 | Intussusception | ||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Stricture of Intestinal | |||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | .. | 1 | Canal | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Cholera | Disease of Stomach, &c | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | Disease of Pancras | ||||||||||
| Scurvy and Purpura | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Ague | |||||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | Jaundice | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Infantile Fever | 4 | 4 | Disease of Liver | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Typhus Fever | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Disease of Spleen | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever (Metria) | VIII. Kidney, &c.; | ||||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | Nephritis | |||||||
| Syphilis | 6 | 4 | 2 | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Noma (Canker) | Ischuria | ||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Diabetes | ||||||||||||
| II. Dropsy, &c.: | Stone | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
| Cystitis | |||||||||||||
| Hæmorrhage | Stricture of Urethra | ||||||||||||
| Dropsy | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | Disease of Bladder, &c | |||||||
| Abscess | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ulcer | 2 | .. | 2 | IX. Childbirth: | |||||||||
| Fistula | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
| Mortification | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
| Cancer | 12 | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | Childbirth (see Metria) | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
| Gout | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Disease of Uterus, &c. | 1 | .. | . | 1 | |||
| III. Tubercular; | X. Joints, Bones, &c.: | ||||||||||||
| Scrofula | 4 | 3 | 1 | Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 4 | Arthritis | ||||||||||
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 56 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 2 | Disease of joints, &c. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
| Hydrocephalus | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| IV. Brain and Nerves: | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue; | ||||||||||||
| Cephalitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Carbuncle | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Apoplexy | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Phlegmon | |||||||
| Palsy (Paralysis) | 11 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Disease of skin, &c. | ||||||
| Delirium Tremens | |||||||||||||
| Chorea | XII. Malpormations: | ||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tetanus | Cyanosis | ||||||||||||
| Insanity | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Spina Bifida | ||||||||
| Convulsions | 7 | 7 | Other Malformations | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Disease of Brain, &c. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | XIII. Premature Birth | ||||||||
| V. Heart and Blood vessels: | and Debility | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| XIV. Atrophy | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| XV. Old Age | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 11 | ||||||||
| Pericarditis | XVI. Sudden | ||||||||||||
| Aneurism | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c | 8 | .. | 5 | 3 | XVII. Violent Death: | ||||||||
| VI. Lungs and Organs of respiration:, | Intemperance | ||||||||||||
| Privation of Food | |||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Laryngitis | 4 | 4 | Neglect | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 49 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 2 | Cold | ||||||
| Pleurisy | Pioson | ||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Burns and Scalds | |||||||
| Asthma | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Hanging | ||||||
| Disease of Lungs | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | Suffocation | |||||||
| VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs; | Drowning | ||||||||||||
| Fractures & Contusions | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
| Wounds | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Teething | 5 | Other Violence | |||||||||||
| Quinsey | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Gastritis | Totals | 384 | 173 | 47 | 76 | 67 | 21 |