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 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. |
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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 |