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