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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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Table: TABLE (No. II.) FOR SUMMER QUARTER 1857.Deaths Registered in St. Pancras during the Quarter, ending Sept. 26th, 1857.

TABLE (No. II.) FOR SUMMER QUARTER 1857.

Deaths Registered in St. Pancras during the Quarter, 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 ycars of age and upwards.
I. Zymotic :277238141114Enteritis
Small PoxPeritonitis
MeaslesAscites
ScarlatinaUlceration of Intestines Hernia (Rupture)
Hooping Cough
CroupIleus
ThrushIntussusception
DiarrhoeaCanal
Dysentery
CholeraDisease of Stomach, &c. Disease of Pancreas
Influenza
Scurvy and PurpuraInflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)
Ague
Remittent FeverJaundice
Infantile FeverDisease of Liver
Typhus FeverDisease of Spleen
Puerperal Fever (Metria)VIII. Kidney, &c.;16..4741
Rheumatic Fever
ErysipelasNephritis
SyphilisNephria (Bright's Dis.)
Noma (Canker)Ischuria
HydrophobiaDiabetes
[II. Dropsy, &c.:41771215Stone
Cystitis
HaemorrhageStricture of Urethra
DropsyDisease of Bladder, &c.
Abscess
UlcerIX. Childbirth:11..74
FistulaParamenia
MortificationOvarian Dropsy
CancerChildbirth (see Metria)
GoutDisease of Uterns, &c.
III. Tubercular;1847167397X. Joints, Bones, &c.:71411
ScrofulaRheumatism
Tabes MesentericaArthritis
Phthisis (Consumption)Disease of Joints, &c
Hydrocephalus
IV. Brain and Nerves:10055713205XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue;21......1
CephalitisCarbuncle
ApoplexyPhlegmon
Palsy (Paralysis)Disease of Skin, &c.
Delirium TremensXII. Malformations :33
Chorea
Epilepsy
TetanusCyanosis
InsanitySpina Bifida
ConvulsionsOther Malformations
Disease of Brain, &cXIII. Premature Birth and Debility3232
V. Heart and Blood Vessels ;27546102
XIV. Atrophy5050
XV. Old Age51....3242
PericarditisXVI. Sudden
Disease of Heart, &cXVII. Violent Death:4816161042
VI. Lungs and Organs op Respiration :6028610151Intemperance
Privation of food
Want of Breast Milk
LaryngitisNeglect
BronchitisCold
PLeurisyPoison
PneumoniaBurns and scalds
AsthmaHanging
Disease of LungsSuffocation
VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs;501610168Drowning
Fractures & Contusions Wounds
TeethingOther Violence
QuinseyCauses not Specified641..1
Gastritis
Totals96552614413512337