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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[ QUARTERLY TABLE No. II. ]
Deaths Registered in Saint Pancras during 13 Weeks ending March 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 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Zymotic : | 202 | 164 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | Enteritis | ||||||
| Peritonitis | |||||||||||||
| Small Pox | Ascites | ||||||||||||
| Measles | Ulceration of Intestines | ||||||||||||
| Scarlatina | Hernia (Rupture) | ||||||||||||
| Hooping Cough | |||||||||||||
| llens | |||||||||||||
| Croup | Intussusception | ||||||||||||
| Thrush | Stricture of Intestinal Canal | ||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | Disease of Stomach, &c. | ||||||||||||
| Dysentery | Disease of Pancras | ||||||||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||
| Influenza | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
| Scurvy and Purpura | |||||||||||||
| Ague | Jaundice | ||||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | Disease of Liver | ||||||||||||
| Infantile Fever | Disease of Spleen | ||||||||||||
| Typhus Fever | |||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever (Metria) | VIII. Kidney, &c. ; | 20 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | |||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | |||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | Nephritis | ||||||||||||
| Syphilis | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | ||||||||||||
| Noma (Canker) | Ischuria | ||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Diabetes | ||||||||||||
| Stone | |||||||||||||
| II. Dropsy, &c.: | 40 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 1 | Cystitis | ||||||
| Stricture of Urethra | |||||||||||||
| Dropsy | Disease of Bladder, &c. | ||||||||||||
| Abscess | IX. Childbirth: | 4 | •• | 2 | •• | 2 | |||||||
| Ulcer | |||||||||||||
| Fistula | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
| Mortification | Ovarian Dropsy | ||||||||||||
| Cancer | Childbirth (see Metria) | ||||||||||||
| Gout | Disease of Uterus, &c. | ||||||||||||
| III. Tubercular; | 182 | 77 | 64 | 37 | 4 | X, Joints, Bones, &c.: | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Scrofula | Rheumatism | ||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | Arthritis | ||||||||||||
| Phthisis (Consumption) | Disease of Joints, &c | ||||||||||||
| Hydrocephalus | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue; | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| IV. Brain and Nerves: | 137 | 65 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 5 | |||||||
| Cephalitis | Carbuncle | ||||||||||||
| Apoplexy | Phlegmon | ||||||||||||
| Palsy (Paralysis) | Disease of Skin, &c. | ||||||||||||
| Delirium Tremens | XII. Malformations: | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Chorea | |||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | Cyanosis | ||||||||||||
| Tetanus | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||||
| Insanity | Other Malformations | ||||||||||||
| Convulsions | |||||||||||||
| Lisease of Brain, &c | XIII. Premature Birth | 39 | |||||||||||
| V, Heart and Blood Vessels: | 48 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 4 | |||||||
| XIV. Atrophy | 18 | 17 | 1 | ||||||||||
| XV. Old Age | 50 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| XVI. Sudden | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Aneurism | XVII. Violent Death: | 38 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c | |||||||||||||
| VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration: | 267 | 117 | 16 | 50 | 69 | 15 | Intemperance | ||||||
| Privation of Food | |||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | |||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | Neglect | ||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | Cold | ||||||||||||
| Pleurisy | Poison | ||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | Burns and Scalds | ||||||||||||
| Asthma | Hanging | ||||||||||||
| Disease of Lungs | Suffocation | ||||||||||||
| Droning | |||||||||||||
| VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs; | 46 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 1 | Fractures & Contusions | ||||||
| Wounds | |||||||||||||
| Other Violence | |||||||||||||
| Teething | Causes not specified | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Quinsey | Totals......... | 1112 | 529 | 132 | 174 | 221 | 54 | ||||||
| Gastritis |
Two deaths registered were of persons whose ages were not given.