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St Pancras 1861

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

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[ Table I. continued.]

Shewing the causes of Death at different Ages during the year 1801.

CAUSES OF DEATHMALES AND FEMALES.
At all Ages.Ages at Death.
Under 1 year.1234510—15—25—35—45—55—65—75—85—95—?
Ulceration of Intes tines51..............1....12
Hernia16..........1....1425..3
Ileus174............21313111
Intussusception63........1....1....1
Stricture of Intes tines1......................1
Fistula1........................1
Stomach Diseases185..1........1..23411
Hepatitis7..................1222
Jaundice217......1......43231
Liver Diseases5221......112251313831
Spleen Diseases1........1
5.
Nephritis3..............1....1....1
Ischuria1..........................1
Nephria37....1..11..178594
Diabetes9..........1....3211..1
Stone3........................3
Cystitis6..............1....2..111
Kidney Diseases9..................33111
6.
Ovarian Dropsy2......................11
Uterus Diseases9..1............2..213
7.
Joint Diseases12....1......233111
8.
Phlegmon73..1............1....1..1
Ulcer51..............2......2
Skin Diseases832..............2....1
IV.-l.
Premature Birth72711
Cyanosis852..........1
Spina Bifida22
Other malformations99
Teething512427
2.
Childbirth11..............461
3.
Old Age249....................11267134296
Atrophy & Debility18915821612........1
V.-l. (Accident or Negligence.)
Fractures and Contusions68322....43812137635
Burns and Scalds23235342....112
Poison521....1........1
Drowning64......11
Suffocation17132................1....1
Otherwise1..........1
2.
Murder and Manslaughter99
3.
Gun-shot Wounds2................1..1
Cuts and Stabs2....................11
Poison3..................21
Drowning8..............3..41
Hanging8..............1..4111
VI. Cause not specified, or ill-defined431721..11..1....2..64
Total4579106555723914110616876181272326327397368294487

In the Strand Union Workhouse 121 deaths occured, not included in this Table, because not belonging fairly
to the Parish of Saint Pancras,