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St Pancras 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[ SCHEDULE E. ]
Deaths Registered in St. Pancras during Four Weeks ending Sept. 26th, 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 ago and upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Zymotic : | Enteritis | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Peritonities | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| smal lpox | Ascites | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
| Measles | 8 | 8 | Ulceration of Intestines | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Scarlatina | 4 | 4 | Hernia (Kupture) | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Hooping Cough | 6 | 6 | Ileus | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Croup | 3 | 3 | Intussuseeption | ||||||||||
| Thrush | 1 | I | Stricture of intentional canal | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 18 | 17 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | Disease of Stomach, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Cholera | 1 | 1 | Disease of Pancreas | ||||||||||
| Influenza | Inflammation of Liver | ||||||||||||
| Scurvy and purpura | (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
| Ague | Jaundice | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | Disease of Liver | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Infantile Fever | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Disease of Spleen | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
| Puerperal Fever (Metria) | 2 | 1 | 1 | VIII. Kidney, &c. ; | |||||||||
| Rheumatic fever | Nephritis | ||||||||||||
| Erysipeals | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | 3 | .. | i | 2 | |||
| Syphilis | 2 | 2 | Ischuria | ||||||||||
| Noma(canker) | Diabeties | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Stone | ||||||||||||
| II. Daorsv, &c. : | Stricture of urethra | ||||||||||||
| Disease of bladder,&c. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
| HEamorrahage | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Abscess | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ulcer | IX. Childbirth : | ||||||||||||
| Fistula | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
| Mortification | Ovarian Dropsv | ||||||||||||
| Cancer | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Childbirth (see Metria) | 1 | .. | l | ||||
| Gcut | Disease of Uterns, &c. | ||||||||||||
| III. Tubercular: | X. Joints, Bones, &c. : | ||||||||||||
| Scrofula | 3 | 3 | Rheumatism | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica Phthisis (Consumption) | 9 | 9 | Arthritis | ||||||||||
| 34 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 1 | Disease of Joints, &c | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Hydrocephalus | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| IV. Brain and Nerves : | XI..Skin, Cellular Tissue ; | ||||||||||||
| cephalities | Carbuncle | ||||||||||||
| Apoplexy | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Phlegmon | |||||||
| Palsy(paralysis) | 7 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | Disease of Skin, Ac. | ||||||
| Delirium Tremens | XII. Malformations : | ||||||||||||
| chorea | Cyanosis | ||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||||
| Tetanus | Other Malformations | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Insanity | |||||||||||||
| Tisease of Brain, &o | 3 | 2 | •• | 1 | XIII. Premature Birth and Debility | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| V. Heart and Blood | XIV.Atrophy | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Vessels : | XV. Old age | 14 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| pericarditis | XVI. Sudden | ||||||||||||
| Aneurism | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | XVII. Violent Death: intemperance | ||||||
| VI. Lungs and Organs | Privation of Food | ||||||||||||
| of Respiration : | Want of Breast Milk | ||||||||||||
| Neglect | |||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | Cold | ||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | poison | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pleurisy | Burns and Scalds | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 4 | 4 | Hanging | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Disease of Lungs | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Suffocation | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Drowning | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs; | Fractures & Contusions | 6 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Wounds | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Teething | 1 | 1 | other violence | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Causes not Specified | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Quinsey | |||||||||||||
| Gastrities | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 272 | 145 | 44 | 39 | 34 | 10 |