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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |