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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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. |
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I. Zymotic : | 277 | 238 | 14 | 11 | 14 | Enteritis | |||||||
Small Pox | Peritonitis | ||||||||||||
Measles | Ascites | ||||||||||||
Scarlatina | Ulceration of Intestines Hernia (Rupture) | ||||||||||||
Hooping Cough | |||||||||||||
Croup | Ileus | ||||||||||||
Thrush | Intussusception | ||||||||||||
Diarrhoea | Canal | ||||||||||||
Dysentery | |||||||||||||
Cholera | Disease of Stomach, &c. Disease of Pancreas | ||||||||||||
Influenza | |||||||||||||
Scurvy and Purpura | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | ||||||||||||
Ague | |||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | Jaundice | ||||||||||||
Infantile Fever | Disease of Liver | ||||||||||||
Typhus Fever | Disease of Spleen | ||||||||||||
Puerperal Fever (Metria) | VIII. Kidney, &c.; | 16 | .. | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Rheumatic Fever | |||||||||||||
Erysipelas | Nephritis | ||||||||||||
Syphilis | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | ||||||||||||
Noma (Canker) | Ischuria | ||||||||||||
Hydrophobia | Diabetes | ||||||||||||
[II. Dropsy, &c.: | 41 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15 | Stone | |||||||
Cystitis | |||||||||||||
Haemorrhage | Stricture of Urethra | ||||||||||||
Dropsy | Disease of Bladder, &c. | ||||||||||||
Abscess | |||||||||||||
Ulcer | IX. Childbirth: | 11 | .. | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
Fistula | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
Mortification | Ovarian Dropsy | ||||||||||||
Cancer | Childbirth (see Metria) | ||||||||||||
Gout | Disease of Uterns, &c. | ||||||||||||
III. Tubercular; | 184 | 71 | 67 | 39 | 7 | X. Joints, Bones, &c.: | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
Scrofula | Rheumatism | ||||||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | Arthritis | ||||||||||||
Phthisis (Consumption) | Disease of Joints, &c | ||||||||||||
Hydrocephalus | |||||||||||||
IV. Brain and Nerves: | 100 | 55 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 5 | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue; | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cephalitis | Carbuncle | ||||||||||||
Apoplexy | Phlegmon | ||||||||||||
Palsy (Paralysis) | Disease of Skin, &c. | ||||||||||||
Delirium Tremens | XII. Malformations : | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Chorea | |||||||||||||
Epilepsy | |||||||||||||
Tetanus | Cyanosis | ||||||||||||
Insanity | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||||
Convulsions | Other Malformations | ||||||||||||
Disease of Brain, &c | XIII. Premature Birth and Debility | 32 | 32 | ||||||||||
V. Heart and Blood Vessels ; | 27 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |||||||
XIV. Atrophy | 50 | 50 | |||||||||||
XV. Old Age | 51 | .. | .. | 3 | 24 | 2 | |||||||
Pericarditis | XVI. Sudden | ||||||||||||
Disease of Heart, &c | XVII. Violent Death: | 48 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
VI. Lungs and Organs op Respiration : | 60 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | Intemperance | ||||||
Privation of food | |||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk | |||||||||||||
Laryngitis | Neglect | ||||||||||||
Bronchitis | Cold | ||||||||||||
PLeurisy | Poison | ||||||||||||
Pneumonia | Burns and scalds | ||||||||||||
Asthma | Hanging | ||||||||||||
Disease of Lungs | Suffocation | ||||||||||||
VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs; | 50 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 8 | Drowning | |||||||
Fractures & Contusions Wounds | |||||||||||||
Teething | Other Violence | ||||||||||||
Quinsey | Causes not Specified | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
Gastritis | |||||||||||||
Totals | 965 | 526 | 144 | 135 | 123 | 37 |