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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 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: [Table I.]Shewing the causes of Death at different Ages during the year 1859.

[Table I.]Shewing the causes of Death at different Ages during the year 1859.

CAUSES OF DEATH.MALES AND FEMALES.
At all Ages.Ages at Death.
Under 1 year.12345—10—15—25—35—45—55—65—75—85—95 & upwds?
Class I.—OrderI.
1 Small Pox371622636...2
2 Measles1052330269781............1
3 Scarlatina27721365138446015241
4 Quinsy1......1
5 Croup254265161
6 Diphtheria5156816941...11...11
7 Whooping Cough1453660221666
8 Typhus129395101231217111110971
9 Erysipelas298............1...3...73331
10 Metria14.....................383
11 Carbuncle6........................1...14
12 Influenza31............::::::............11
13 Dysentery114...............1...1...13...1
14 Diarrhœa2221603081121...22...744
15 Cholera43..............................1
16 Ague2........................2
17 Remittent Fever1...............1
18 Rheumatism22...2...............4642...4
Order II.
1 Syphilis38321...l.........121.........
2 Stricture of Urethra6........................3...111
Order III.
1 Want of Breast Milk22202
2 Purpura and Scurvy1......1
3 Alcohol.
a. Delirium Tremens10........................3322
b. Intemperance9........................242...1
Order IV.
1 Thrush1313
2 Worms, &c.1......1
Class II.—Order I.
1 Gout5...........................1121
2 Dropsy523...11...2...14861097
3 Cancer117.........1...21282028291961
4 Mortification4...1........................11...1
Order II.
1 Scrofula22...53......51352
2 Tabes Mesenterica6636994322.........1
3 Rickets3...21
4 Phthisis548131994281186121132953981
5 Hydrocephalus83352586171
Class III.—OrderI.
1 Cephalitis60710213734264533
2 Apoplexy12814543...53428242219132
3 Paralysis711............1...1151228184
4 Insanity2........................1......1
5 Chorea1.....................1...
6 Epilepsy26...............1...3176422
7 Convulsions927485...13...1
8 Brain Disease4211.........213711097
OderII.
1 Pericarditis82............121......1......1
2 Aneurism11........................2421...2
3 Heart Disease182......1......3...151716314533152
Order III.
1 Laryngitis12...3I342............1............1
2 Bronchitis324643455...2255102756605041
3 Pleurisy1311............31...21121
4 Pneumonia2035554188234247129123
5 Asthma262............1......114557
6 Lung Disease1742..................12323
Order IV.
1 Gastritis1342...............1...3...12
2 Enteritis246...11...1...253221
3 Peritonitis131..................2413...11
4 Ascites10........................22141
5 Ulceration of Intestines71........................2...4...