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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||