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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Corresponding weeks of 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. | Corresponding weeks of 1857. | Causes of Death. | At all Ages. | Under 20 years ol age. | At 20 and under 40years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 year8 of age. | At 80 years of age and upwards. |
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I. Zymotic : | 2 | Enteritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||
2 | 2 | Ascites | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
21 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
Diphtherite | 6 | Hernia (liupture) | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 Hooping Cough | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Croup | 1 | Stricture of Intestinal Canal | ||||||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Scurvy and Purpura | 1 | (Hepatitis) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Ague | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
1 | Remittent Fever | 1 | |||||||||||||
4 | Infantile Fever | 1 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | VIII. Kidney, &c. : | ||||||||
Puerperal Fever (Metria) | |||||||||||||||
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
2 | 1 | 1 | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) Ischuria | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
1 | 1 | 2 | Stricture of Urethra | 2 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
? | 1 | 1 | Disease of Bladder, &c. | ||||||||||||
3 | 2 | 1 | IX. Childbirth: | ||||||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||
6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
1 | Disease of Uterns, &c. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
III. Tubercular: | X. Joints, Bones, &c. : | ||||||||||||||
1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
8 | Tabes Mesenterica | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
53 7 | Phthisis (Consumption) Hydrocephalus | 47 6 | 6 6 | 28 | 13 | Disease of Joints, &c.... | |||||||||
IV. Brain and Nerves : | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue: | ||||||||||||||
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
9 | Palsy (Paralysis) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Disease of Skin, &tc. ... | ||||||||
Delirium Tremens | 2 | 1 | 1 | XII. Malformations : | |||||||||||
1 | |||||||||||||||
Cvanosis | |||||||||||||||
Spina Bifida | |||||||||||||||
14 | 14 | 2 | Other Malformations. | 2 | |||||||||||
5 | Disease of Brain, &c... | 1 | 1 | 12 | XIII. Prf.mature Birth and Debility | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
V. Heart and Blood Vessels : | |||||||||||||||
2 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
13 XX. OI.d Age 23 .. .. 1 10 12 | |||||||||||||||
XVI. Sudden | |||||||||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
12 | Disease of Heart, &c... | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | XVII. Violent Death: | ||||||||
VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration : | |||||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 70 | Laryngitis Bronchitis | 76 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 32 | 1 | Neglect Cold | |||||||
2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
34 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Disease of Lungs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs: | Fractures & Contusions Wounds | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
6 | Other Violence | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | Causes not specified | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
355 | Totals | 440 | 220 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 19 |