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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[ Table I. continued. ] Shewing the cause3 of Death at different Ages during the year 1862.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | MALES AND FEMALES. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Ages at Death. | |||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 15— | 55— | 65— | 75— | 85— | 95— | Doubtful Age.l | ||
| Ulceration of Intestines | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hernia | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Ileus | 17 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Stricture of Intestines | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
| Stomach Diseases | 25 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | b | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hepatitis | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Jaundice | 17 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Liver Diseases | 55 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 5. Nephritis | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Ischuria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
| Nephria | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Diabetes | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | ||||
| Stone | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
| Cystitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Kidney Diseases | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 6. Ovarian Dropsy | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Uterus Diseases | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 7. Joint Diseases | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | |||||
| 8. Phlegmon | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ulcer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Skin Diseases | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| IV.—1. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 66 | 65 | .. | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cyanosis | 7 | 6 | .. | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Spina Bifida | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other malformations | 9 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
| Teething | 11 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Childbirth | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 3. Old Age | 193 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 100 | 31 | 1 | |
| 4. Atrophy & Debility | 163 | 138 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
| V.—1. | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Accident or Negligence.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fractures and Con tusions | 52 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Gun-shot | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Burns and Scalds | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Poison | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Drowning | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||
| Suffocation | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Otherwise | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| 2. Murder and Manslaughter | 12 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| 3. Gun-Shot Woundt | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
| Cuts and Stabs | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Poison | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Drowning | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Hanging | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Otherwise | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| VI.—Sudden deaths (cause unascertained) Cause not specified, | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| or ill-defined | 36 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 18 |
| Total | 4388 | 875 | 451 | 239 | 171 | 127 | 182 | 68 | 209 | 304 | 353 | 342 | 359 | 372 | 263 | 49 | 2 | 22 |