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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Deaths Registered in St. Pancras during Thirteen Weeks ending June 27,1857.
Causes of Death. | At all Ages. | Under 20 years of acre. | 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 | 172 | 140 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | |||||||
Small Pox | Peritonitis | ||||||||||||
Measles | Ascites | ||||||||||||
Scarlatina | Ulceration of Intestines | ||||||||||||
Hooping Cough | Hernia (Rupture) | ||||||||||||
Croup | Ileus | ||||||||||||
Thrush | Intussusception | ||||||||||||
Diarrhœa | Stricture of Intestinal Canal | ||||||||||||
Dysentery | |||||||||||||
Cholera | Disease of Stomach, Ac. | ||||||||||||
Influenza | Disease of Pancreas | ||||||||||||
Scurvy and Purpura | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
Argue | Jaundice | ||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | Disease of Liver | ||||||||||||
Infantile Fever | Disease of Spleen | ||||||||||||
Typhus Fever | |||||||||||||
Puerperal Fever (Metria) Rheumatic Fever | VIII. Kidney, &c.; | 17 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
Erysipelas | Nephritis | ||||||||||||
Sylhilis | Nephritis | ||||||||||||
Noma (Canker) | Ischuria | ||||||||||||
Hydrophobia | Diabetes | ||||||||||||
Stone | |||||||||||||
II. Dropsy, &c.: | 60 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 3 | Cystitis | ||||||
Hæmorrhage | Stricture of Urethra | ||||||||||||
Dropsy | Disease of Bladder, &c | ||||||||||||
Abscess | IX. Childbirth: | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
Ulcer | |||||||||||||
Fistula | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
Mortification | Ovarian | ||||||||||||
Cancer | Childbirht (See Metria) | ||||||||||||
Gout | Disease of Uterus ,&c | ||||||||||||
III. Tubercular; | 183 | 67 | 64 | 45 | 7 | X. Joints, Bones, &c. : | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Scrofula | Rheumatism | ||||||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | Arthritis | ||||||||||||
Phthisis (Consumption) | Disease of Joints, &c | ||||||||||||
Hydrocephalus | |||||||||||||
IV. Brain and Nerves : | 111 | 45 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 4 | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue; | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Cephalitis | Carbuncle | ||||||||||||
Apoplexy | Phlegmon | ||||||||||||
Palsy (paralysis) | Disease of Skin ,&c. | ||||||||||||
Delirium Tremens | XII. Malformations: | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Chorea | |||||||||||||
Epilepsy | |||||||||||||
Tetanus | Spina Bifild | ||||||||||||
Insanity | Other Malformations | ||||||||||||
Convulsions | |||||||||||||
Disease of Brain, &c | XIII. Premature Birth and Debility | 24 | 24 | ||||||||||
V. Heart and Blood Vessels : | 36 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | XIV. Atrophy | .. | .. | |||||
XV. Old Age | 62 | .. | .. | 2 | 32 | 28 | |||||||
Pericarditis | XVI. Sudden | ||||||||||||
Aneurism | |||||||||||||
- Disease of Heart, &c | XVII. Violent Death: | 30 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
Intemperance | |||||||||||||
VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration : | 157 | 73 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 7 | Privation of Food | ||||||
Want of Breast Milk | |||||||||||||
Laryngitis | Neglect | ||||||||||||
Bronchitis | Cold | ||||||||||||
Pleurisy | poison | ||||||||||||
Pneumonia | Burns and Scalds | ||||||||||||
Asthma | Hanging | ||||||||||||
Disease of Lungs | Suffocation | ||||||||||||
Drowning | |||||||||||||
VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs: | 39 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | Fractures & Contusions | ||||||
Wounds | |||||||||||||
Other Violence | |||||||||||||
Teething | Causes not Specified | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
Quinsey | |||||||||||||
Gastritis | |||||||||||||
Totals | 933 | 418 | 126 | 176 | 166 | 47 |