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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 June 27th, 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 : | |||||||||||||
| Small Pox | 1 | 1 | Peritonitis | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Measles | 9 | 9 | Ascites | ||||||||||
| Scarlatina | 3 | 3 | Ulceration of Intestines Hernia (Rupture) | 1 | I | ||||||||
| Hooping Cough | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||
| croup | 4 | 4 | Ileus | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Thrus | 1 | 1 | Intussusception | ||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Stricture of Intestinal Canal | ||||||||
| Dysentery | |||||||||||||
| Cholera | Disease of Stomach, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Influenza | Disease of Pancreas | ||||||||||||
| Scurvy and Purpura | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
| Ague | |||||||||||||
| Jaundice | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||||
| Remittent Fever | |||||||||||||
| Disease of Liver | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Infantile Fever | |||||||||||||
| Disease of Spleen | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Typhus Fever | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Fever (Metria) | VIII. Kidney, &c. ; | ||||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | |||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 2 | 2 | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Noma (Canker) | Ischuria | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Diabetes | .. | |||||||||||
| Stone | |||||||||||||
| II. Dropsy, &c. : | Cystitis | ||||||||||||
| Hæmorrhage | Stricture of Urethra | ||||||||||||
| Dropsy | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | Disease of Bladder,&c. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
| Abscess | 1 | 1 | IX. Childbirth ; | ||||||||||
| Ulcer | |||||||||||||
| Fistula | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
| Mortification | Onarian Drospy | ||||||||||||
| Cancer | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Childbirth (see Metria) | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Gout | 1 | 1 | Disease of Uterus, &c. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
| III. Tubercular; | X, Joints, Bones, &c. | ||||||||||||
| Serofula | 3 | 2 | 1 | Rheumatism | |||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 4 | Arthritis | ||||||||||
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 46 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 2 | Disease of Joints, &c | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Hydrocephalus | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| IV. Brain and Nerves : | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue ; | ||||||||||||
| Cephalitis | 3 | 3 | Carbuncle | ||||||||||
| Apoplexy | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | Phlegmon | |||||||
| Palsy (Paralysis) | 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | Disease of Skin, Ac. | ||||||||
| Delirium Tremens | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | XII. Malformations: | ||||||||
| Chorea | |||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tetanus | Cyanosis | ||||||||||||
| Insanity | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||||
| Convulsions | 11 | 11 | Other Malformations | ||||||||||
| Disease of Brain, &c | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | XIII. Premature Birth and Debility | 7 | 7 | |||||
| V. Heart and Blood Vessels ; | |||||||||||||
| XIV. Atrophy | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| XV. Old Age | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Pericarditis | XIV. Sudden | ||||||||||||
| Aneurism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | XVII. Violent Death: | ||||||||
| VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration : | Intemperance | 1 | .. | .. | l | ||||||||
| Privation of Food | |||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | |||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | Neglect | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | l5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | Cold | ||||||
| Pleurisy | Poison | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| pneumonia | 1?. | 6 | 2 | Burns and Scalds | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Asthma | Hanging | ||||||||||||
| Disease of Lungs | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | Suffocation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Drowning | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs : | Fractures & Contusions | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Wounds | |||||||||||||
| Teething | Other Violence | ||||||||||||
| Quinsey | Causes not Specified | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Gastritis | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 266 | 128 | 42 | 49 | 37 | 10 |