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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[ SCHEDULE B. ]
Deaths Registered in St. Pancras during Five Weeks ending August 1st, 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 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Small Pox | 3 | 3 | Peritonitis | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Measles | 4 | 4 | Ascites | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Scarlatina | 11 | 11 | Uleerattion of intestines | ||||||||||
| Hooping Cough | 13 | 13 | Hernia(Rupture) | ||||||||||
| Croup | 4 | 4 | Ileus | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Thrush | 4 | 4 | Intussuseeption | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Diarrhœa Dysentery | 54 | 51 | .. | .. | 3 | Canal | |||||||
| Cholera | 4 | 4 | Disease of stomach,&c. | ||||||||||
| Influnza | Disease of pancreas | ||||||||||||
| Scurvy and Purpura | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
| Ague | Jaundice | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Remittent Fever | Dissease of lliver | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Infantile Fever | 1 | 1 | Dissease of spleen | ||||||||||
| Typhus Fever | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | VIII. Kidney, &c. ; | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | Nephritis | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
| Syphilis | 2 | I | I | Nephria (Bright's dis) | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Noma(canker) | Ischuria | ||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Diabetes | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
| II. Drop3Y, &c. : | Stone Cystitis | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Stricture of Urethra | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | 2 | • • | • • | 1 | 1 | Disease of bladder,&c. | |||||||
| Abscess | Ix. childbirth | ||||||||||||
| Ulcer | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Fistula | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Paramenia | |||||||
| Mortification | Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Cancer | 8 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | Childbirth(see martia) | 4 | .. | 4 | ||||
| Gcut | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | Disease of uterus,&c. | ||||||||
| III. Tubercular; | X, Joints, Bones, &c. : | ||||||||||||
| Scrofula | 3 | 2 | 1 | Rheumatism | |||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica Phthisis (Consumption) | 10 55 | 10 7 | 24 | 19 | 5 | Arthritis Disease of Joints, &c | |||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
| IV. Brain and Nerves : | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue ; | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Carbuncle | |||||||||
| Apoplexy | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | Phlegmon | |||||||
| Palsy | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | Disease ofskin,&c. | 1 | |||||
| Delirium Tremens | |||||||||||||
| Chorea | XII. Malformations: | ||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | Cyanosis | ||||||||
| Tetanus Insanity | 1 | 1 | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||
| convulsions | 9 | 9 | Other Malfolations | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Disease of Brain, &c | 11 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | XIII. premature birth and debility | 9 | 9 | ||||
| V, Heart and Blood Vessels : | XIV. Atrophy | 29 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Pericardities | XV. old age | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 10 | ||||||
| Aneurism | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | XVI. Sudden | |||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c. VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration : | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | XVII. Violent Death: Intemperance Privation of Food , Want of Breast Milk Neglect | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Bronchities | 14 | 7 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | Cold | ||||||
| Pleurisy | Poison | ||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 5 | 5 | Burns and scalds | ||||||||||
| Asthma | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | hanging | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Disease of Lungs | 2, | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Suffocation | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
| VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs; | Drowning Fractures & Contusions | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Teething | 1 | 1 | Other Violence | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Quinsey | Cause not specified | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Gastritis | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 380 | 217 | 52 | 53 | 45 | 13 |