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 St. Pancras during Four Weeks ending August 29th, 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 ot age. | At 20 and under 40 I 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 | ||||||||||||
Small Pox | Peritonitis | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
measles | Ascites | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Scarlatina | 9 | 9 | Ulceration of Intestines | ||||||||||
Hooping Cough | 7 | 7 | Hernia (Kupture) | ||||||||||
Croup | 3 | 3 | Ileus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Thrush | 3 | 3 | Intussusception | ||||||||||
Diarrhœa | 46 | 1 | Stricture of Intestinal Canal | ||||||||||
Dysentery | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Cholera | 2 | 2 | Disease o fStomach, &c. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Influenza | Disease of Pancreas | ||||||||||||
Scurvy and Purpura | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
Ague | |||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | Jaundice | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Infantile Fever | 1 | 1 | Disease of Liver | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Typhus Fever | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Disease of Spleen | ||||||||
Puerperal Fever (Metria) Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | VIII. Kidney, &c. ; | |||||||||
Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | Nephritis | |||||||||
Syphilis | 2 | 2 | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Noma (Canker) | Ishuria | ||||||||||||
Hydrophobia | Diabetes | ||||||||||||
II. Dropsy, &c. : | Stone | ||||||||||||
Cystitis | |||||||||||||
Hæmorrhage | Stricture of Urethra | ||||||||||||
Dropsy | 2 | 1 | 1 | Disease of Bladder, &c. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Abscess | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Ulcer | IX. Childbirth : | ||||||||||||
Fistula | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
Mortification | 1 | 1 | Ovarian Dropsy | ||||||||||
Cancer | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Childbirth (see Metria) | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Gout | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Disease of Uterus, &c. | |||||||
III. Tubercular; | X. Joints, Bones, &c. : | ||||||||||||
Scrofula | 1 | 1 | Rheumatism | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Tabes Mesenterica .. | 6 | 6 | Arthritis | ||||||||||
Phthisis (Consumption) | 40 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 1 | Disease of Joints, &c | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Hydrocephalus IV. Brain and Nerves : | 8 | 8 | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue ; | ||||||||||
Cephalitis | 5 | 5 | Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Apoplexy | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | Phlegmon | ||||||
Palsy | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | Disease of Skin, &c. | |||||||
Chorea | XII. Malformations : | ||||||||||||
Epilepsy | |||||||||||||
Tetanus | Cyanosis | ||||||||||||
Insanity | Spina Biflda | ||||||||||||
Convulsion | 11 | 10 | 1 | Other Malformations | |||||||||
Disease of Brain, &c | 3 | 1 | 2 | XIII. Premature Birth and Debility | 8 | 8 | |||||||
V. Heart and Blood Vessels: | XIV. Atrophy | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
XV. Old Age | 20 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||
Pericarditis | 1 | 1 | XVI. Sudden | ||||||||||
Aneurism | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Disease of Heart, &c | 3 | 1 | 2 | XVII. Violent Death: | |||||||||
VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration : | Intemperance | ||||||||||||
Privation of food | |||||||||||||
Want of Break Milk | |||||||||||||
Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | Neglect | ||||||||||
Bronchitis | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Cold | |||||||
Pleurisy | Poison | ||||||||||||
Pneumonia | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Burns and Scalds | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Asthma | 1 | 1 | Hanging | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Disease of Lungs | 3 | 1 | 2 | Suffocation | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs: | Drowning | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Fractures & Contusions | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Wounds | 1 | ||||||||||||
Teething | 5 | 5 | Other Violence | ||||||||||
Quinsey | Causes not Specified | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Gastritis | |||||||||||||
Totals | 313 | 164 | 48 | 43 | 44 | 14 |