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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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 |