London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| 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 old age. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80years of age. | At 80 years of ageand upwards. |
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| I. Zymotic : | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Small Pox | Peritonitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Measles | 16 1? | T> | Ascites | 1 | i | ||||||||
| Scarlatina | 12 | 11 | 1 | Ulceration of Intestines | 1 | I | |||||||
| Hooping Cough | 14 | 14 | Hernia (Kupture) | ||||||||||
| Croup | 2 | 2 | Ileus | 2 | |||||||||
| Thrush | 1 | 1 | Intussusception | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Stricture of Intestinal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Dysentery | Canal | • a | .. | •. | |||||||||
| Cholera | Disease of Stomach, &c. | ||||||||||||
| Influenza | 6 | 3 | I | Disease of Pancreas | |||||||||
| Scurry and Purpura Ague | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
| Remittent Fever | 3 | Jaundice | |||||||||||
| Ingantile Fever | 1 | 1 | Disease of Liver | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Typhus Fever | 6 | 6 | Disease of Spleen | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever (Metria) Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 2 | VIII. Kidney, &c.; | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | Nephritis | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) Ischuria | ||||||||||||
| Noma (Canker) | Ischuria | ||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Diabetes | ||||||||||||
| stone | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Cystitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hœmorrhage | 1 | 1 | Stricture of Urethra | ||||||||||
| Dropsy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Disease of Bladder, &c. | ||||||||
| Abscess | 3 | ? | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ulcer | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Fistula | Paramenia | ||||||||||||
| Mortification | 1 | 1 | Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cancer | 13 | 5 | 8 | Childbirth(see Metria) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Gout | 1 | 1 | Disease of Uterns, &c. | ||||||||||
| Scrofula | 1 | 1 | Rheumatism | ||||||||||
| Tables Mesenterica | 6 | 6 | Arthritis | ||||||||||
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 55 | 8 | 33 | 11 | 3 | Disease of Joints, &c | 1 | ,, | 1 | ||||
| Hydrocephalus........ | 8 | b | |||||||||||
| IV. Brain and Nkrves : | |||||||||||||
| Cephalitis............ | 7 | 2 | 1 | ?, | 2 | Carbuncle | |||||||
| Apoplexy | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | Phlegmon | ||||||
| Palsy (Paralysis) | 3 | 1 | 9 | Disease of skin, &c. | |||||||||
| Delirium Tremens .... | 1 | " | 1 | ||||||||||
| Chorea | |||||||||||||
| Epilipsy | Cyanosis | ||||||||||||
| Tetanus | |||||||||||||
| Disease of Brain, &c... | 3 | 2 | •• | ... | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| V. Heart and Blood | fi | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Vessels : | 16 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c... | 10 | .. | .. | S | 5 | ||||||||
| VI. Lungs and Organs of ke8piration : | Intemperance Privation of Food . Want of Breast Milk Neglect | 2 | •• | • * | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Laryngitis | 3 | 3 | Neglect | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 63 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 5 | Cold | ||||||
| Pleurisy | Poison | ||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 24 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Burns and Scalds | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Asthma | ? | ?, | Hanging | ||||||||||
| Disease of Lungs | 2 | 1 | 1 | Suffocation | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs: | Drowning | ||||||||||||
| Fractures & Contusions | 5 | ,, | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Wonds | VI | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other Violence | |||||||||||||
| Teething | 1 | 1 | Causes not Specified | ||||||||||
| Quinsey | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gastricts | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 375 | 163 | 54 | 58 | 81 | 19 | |||||||