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St Pancras 1863

[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 1863.

[ Table I.] Shewing the causes of Death at different Ages during the year 1863.

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—Double ful Agee.
I.-1.
Diphtheria7482111136822111
Small Pox8024965610...684...1
Measles13219442913917......1
Scarlatina380274368615292188911
Quinsy51.....................1...111
Croup405129653
Whooping Cough1765264351465
Typhus113681026101013101010676
Erysipelas361221.........22124325
Metria14.....................446
Carbuncle2..............................1...1
Pyæmia7.....................12......31
Influenza1....................................1
Dysentery821...1............2......2
Diarrhoea13591175......5...2......33612
Cholera9421..................1......1
Ague1..................1
Remittent Fever623l
Rheumatism31............11344563521
2.
Syphilis32291...............2
Stricture of Urethra6...........................32......1
Glanders1..............................1
3.
Privation1.......................................1
Want of Breast Milk13l3
Purpura and Scurvy41..................2.........1
Delirium Tremens7•••.....................32l1
Intemperance13........................3541
4.
Thrush2121
Worms, &c3............1.........1...1
II.—1.
Gout4..............................1111
Dropsy25l11.........3...22...2364
Cancer103......11...113152724264
Noma1......1
Mortification162........................1141331
2. Scrofula and Rickets22351......1522111
Tables Mesenterica.502413321331
Phthisis54622141276127961311197732741
Hydrocephalus77251699310131
III.-l.
Cephalitis631011331523433492
Apoplexy1334922111...712173036722
Paralysis58...1...............l347716181
Insanity4............l............111
Epilepsy2531...2......21322342
Convulsions1399231911211......1
Brain Diseases5983422331167874
2.
Pericarditis161...11...31211113
Aneurism12........................1533
Heart Diseases200321......310111726343934191
3.
Laryngitis*259723...2......11
Bronchitis428855119561013619406174444
Pleurisy144............21......42......1
Pneumonia22084512154528251011831
Asthma36........................14117103
Lung Diseases161............11122512
4.
Gastritis52.........1...............1......1
Enteritis2611.........12...11122311
Peritonitis111............1...13...122
Ascites5...............1......1...12

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* This line includes 10 cases of Laryngismus Stridulus.