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. |
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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.