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There has been unusually little Fever in the parish during the year; only 16
cases were sent to the Fever Hospital at an expense to the parish of £17 16s.;
in 1856 no less than £290 6s. was paid to the Fever Hospital by the Directors
of the Poor of St. Pancras.
Syphilis is given as the cause of 30 deaths; this number does not include all
that might be traced to the same source; many of the deaths from Premature
births, many of the deaths from Atrophy and Congenial Debility, and some of
the deaths from skin disease are due to the same poison in the blood. It operates,
too, in a hundred ways, causing predisposition to other diseases, which subsequently
destroy life.
From Delirium Tremens and Intemperance 10 deaths are recorded, but this
number again fails to represent one-tenth part of the deaths, which directly or
indirectly arise from the abuse of alcoholic drinks.
Under the age of 5 years 1745 deaths occurred, about 41 per cent, of the
entire number; between 5 and 10 years of age, 154, between 3 and 4 per cent,
of the gross mortality; during the third five years of life only 56 deaths
occurred, being considerably less than two per cent, of the whole; in the
following ten years, from 15 to 25 years of age, 189 deaths; in the next ten
years 277; between 35 and 45 years of age 324; between 45 and 55, 312;
between 55 and 65 years, 409 ; between 65 and 75 years, 433 ; between 75 and
85 years, 264; between 85 and 95, 63; and above 95 years of age, 7 deaths.
WORKHOUSE.
In this establishment there have been 345 deaths, the average number of
deaths in four preceding years was 374 ; so that the mortality in 1860 was low
by comparison with previous years. There was only one death from Measles
and two from Small Pox, whilst there was no death from Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Hooping Cough, Diarrhoea, or Typhus Fevers. This speaks well
for the general sanitary state of the building. One circumstance that will
account for some reduction in the number of deaths from Epidemics, is the
removal of most of the children into the country.
* Including Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and Cholera,
t Including Typhus, Typhoid, Infantile, and Remittent Fever.
+ Including Hydrocephalus, Convulsions, and Teething.