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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 1861

[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 1861.

[ Table I.]

Shewing the causes of Death at different Ages during the year 1861.

CAUSES OF DEATHMALES AND FEMALES.
At all Ages.Ages at Death.
Under 1 year.12345—10—15—25—35—45—55—65—75—85—95—P
I.—1.
Small Pox7...3.........21......1
Measles1141947228711
Scarlatina201152336333347932
Croup27311454
Diphtheria51711729712...3...2
Whooping Cough269721054724116134911
Typhus9517105712891074132
Erysipelas21...............1...112...
Metria18.....................41132
Carbuncle4..............................2222
Influenza42...........................4524
Dysentery121..................1.........
Diarrhoea134982021...1.........1
Cholera631...............11
Rheumatism23...............13844...21
2.
Syphilis37313...............1......2
Stricture of Urethra8..............................43...1
Glanders1.....................1
3.
Privation11
Want of Breast Milk1919
Purpura and Scurvy Alcohol.2...1...............1
a. Delirium Tremens5........................311
b. Intemperance2........................1...1
4.
Thrush1010
II.—1.
Gout5..............................2...21
Dropsy23...311...1.........33641
Cancer961............3232329134
Noma21...1
Mortification10........................11...152
2.
Rickets10...82
Scrofula3232...2...811312
Tables Mesenterica.87452175121122
Phthisis5741317735172085138124963892
Hydrocephalus1234534131527322
III.—1.
Cephalitis55574135222341052
Apoplexy1421772423...2110173526151
Paralysis611..................1551122142
Epilepsy15......2......11......2...4221
Convulsions1511003312221...1
Brain Diseases65931122...325812962
2.
Pericarditis72.........1............12...1
Aneurism8...........................2212...1
Heart Diseases1621.........1122122129453710...1
3.
Laryngitis20241424111
Bronchitis45172391992412419418884607
Pleurisy152......1......21112131
Pneumonia25890801910451611710852
Asthma26..................1...22597
Lung Diseases237111...1......141412
4.
Gastritis41...........................11...1
Enteritis18511.........1322...111
Peritonitis202.........1...353213
Ascites3.................................2...1