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St Pancras 1857

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: [ SCHEDULE B.]Deaths Registered in Saint Pancras during Five Weeks ending May 2nd, 1857.

[ 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 PoxPeritonitis
Measles88Ascites1....1
Scarlatina1212Ulceration of Intestines1........1
Hooping Cough2222Hernia (Rupture)I......1
Croup33Ileus
Thrush22Intussusception
Diarrhœa21....1Stricture of Intestinal
Dysentery1..1Canal1......1
CholeraDisease of Stomach, &c1......1
Influenza11Disease of Pancras
Scurvy and PurpuraInflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)1....1
Ague
Remittent FeverJaundice1....1
Infantile Fever44Disease of Liver3..11
Typhus Fever1152121Disease of Spleen
Puerperal Fever (Metria)VIII. Kidney, &c.;
Rheumatic Fever21..1
Erysipelas51..13Nephritis
Syphilis642Nephria (Bright's Dis.)3..111
Noma (Canker)Ischuria
HydrophobiaDiabetes
II. Dropsy, &c.:Stone1........1
Cystitis
HæmorrhageStricture of Urethra
Dropsy3....21Disease of Bladder, &c
Abscess731111
Ulcer2..2IX. Childbirth:
FistulaParamenia
Mortification2......2Ovarian Dropsy1..1
Cancer12....57Childbirth (see Metria)1..1
Gout1......1Disease of Uterus, &c.1...1
III. Tubercular;X. Joints, Bones, &c.:
Scrofula431Rheumatism1....1
Tabes Mesenterica44Arthritis
Phthisis (Consumption)561022222Disease of joints, &c.1..1
Hydrocephalus1010
IV. Brain and Nerves:XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue;
Cephalitis4112Carbuncle1....1
Apoplexy141238Phlegmon
Palsy (Paralysis)11..2243Disease of skin, &c.
Delirium Tremens
ChoreaXII. Malpormations:
Epilepsy1..1
TetanusCyanosis
Insanity1....1Spina Bifida
Convulsions77Other Malformations22
Disease of Brain, &c.521..2XIII. Premature Birth
V. Heart and Blood vessels:and Debility88
XIV. Atrophy1010
XV. Old Age20......911
PericarditisXVI. Sudden
Aneurism2....2
Disease of Heart, &c8....53XVII. Violent Death:
VI. Lungs and Organs of respiration:,Intemperance
Privation of Food
Want of Breast Milk11
Laryngitis44Neglect
Bronchitis4919114132Cold
PleurisyPioson
Pneumonia2218121Burns and Scalds
Asthma2....1..1Hanging
Disease of Lungs3..111Suffocation
VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs;Drowning
Fractures & Contusions1....1
Wounds21....1
Teething55Other Violence
Quinsey211
GastritisTotals38417347766721