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St Pancras 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[ SCHEDULE B. ]
Deaths Registered in Saint Pancras during 4 Weeks ending May 30th, 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 : | Enteritis | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Peritonitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
| Small Pox | 1 | 1 | Ascites | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Measles | 0 | Ulceration of Intestines | |||||||||||
| Scarlatina | 3 | 3 | Hernia (Kupture) | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Hooping Cough | Ileus | ||||||||||||
| Croup | 3 | Intussusception | |||||||||||
| Thrush | Stricture of Intestinal Canal | ||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Dysentery | Disease of Stomach | ||||||||||||
| Cholera | Disease of Pancreas | ||||||||||||
| Influenza | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
| Scurvy and Purpura | |||||||||||||
| Ague | I | •• | 1 | Jaundice | |||||||||
| Remittent Fever | Disease of Liver | 4 | .. | 2 | |||||||||
| Infantile Fever | 2 | Disease of Spleen | |||||||||||
| Typhus Fever | 4 | 1 | • • | VIII. Kidney, &c.; | |||||||||
| Puerperal Fever (Metria) | I | 1 | |||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | Nephritis | 2 | .. | 1 | • • | 1 | |||||
| Syphilis | 3 | • | 1 | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | 3 | • • | • • | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Noma (Canker) | Ischuria | ||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Diabetes | ||||||||||||
| Stone | |||||||||||||
| II. Dropsy, &c.: | Cystitis | ||||||||||||
| Hæmorrhage | Stricture of Urethra | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Disease of Bladder, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Dropsy | •• | IX. Childbirth: | |||||||||||
| Abscess | |||||||||||||
| Ulcer | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
| Fistula | 1 | • • | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mortification | Ovarian Dropsy | ||||||||||||
| Cancer | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Childbirth (see Metria) | |||||||
| Gout | 1 | 1 | Disease of Uterus, &c. | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | ||||||
| III. Tubercular; | X. Joints, Bones, &c.: | ||||||||||||
| Scrofula | Rheumatism | ||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 2 | Arthritis | ||||||||||
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 86 | 5 | 18 | 11 | Disease of Joints, &c. | 3 | • • | • • | 1 | 2 | • • | ||
| Hydrocephalus | 10 | 10 | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue; | ||||||||||
| IV. Brain and Nerves: | |||||||||||||
| Cephalitis | 1 | 1 | Carbuncle | ||||||||||
| Apoplexy | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Phlegmon | ||||||||
| Palsv (Paralysis) | 5 | 4 | 1 | Disease of Skin, &c. | |||||||||
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | 1 | XII. Malformations: | ||||||||||
| Chorea | |||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cyanosis | ||||||||
| Tetanus | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||||
| Insanity | Other Malformations | ||||||||||||
| Convulsions | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Disease of Brain, &c. | 2 | 2 | XIII. Premature Birth and Debility | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
| V. Heart and Blood Vessels; | |||||||||||||
| XIV. Atrophy | 8 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| XV. Old Age | 33 | . | .. | 1 | 21 | 11 | |||||||
| Pericarditis | 1 | .. | 1 | XVI. Sudden | |||||||||
| Aneurism | XVII. Violent Death: | ||||||||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c. | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration: | Intemperance | ||||||||||||
| Privation of Food | |||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | |||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | Neglect | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | 24 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | Cold | |||||||
| Pleurisy | Poison | ||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | Burns and Scalds | 2 | 1 | I | |||||
| Asthma | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Hanging | ||||||||
| Disease of Lungs | 4 | •• | 2 | 1 | Suffocation | ||||||||
| Drowning | |||||||||||||
| VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs; | Fractures & Contusions | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Wounds | |||||||||||||
| Other Violence | |||||||||||||
| Teething | Causes not Specified | ||||||||||||
| Quinsey | Totals | 283 | 117 | 37 | 51 | 62 | 16 | ||||||
| Gastritis |