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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SUMMARY OF TABLE III.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | AGES. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 & upwards | Total under 5 Years | Total | ||
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | 283 | 355 | 70 | 34 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .. | 638 | 824 | |
1. Miasmatic Diseases | 154 | 356 | 68 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 490 | 612 | |
2. Diarrhœal „ | 85 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 101 | 119 | |
3. Malarial „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4. Zoogenous „ | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
5. Venereal „ | 31 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | 35 | |
6. Septic „ | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 10 | 56 | |
II.—Parasitic Diseasbs | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 16 | |
III.—Dietic Diseases | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | 34 | |
IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 100 | 121 | 50 | 76 | 144 | 155 | 116 | 82 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 221 | 898 | |
V.—Developmental Diseases | 123 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 72 | 131 | 57 | 124 | 387 | |
VI.—Local Diseases | 405 | 325 | 76 | 54 | 132 | 177 | 230 | 305 | 340 | 148 | 23 | 730 | 2215 | |
1. Diseases of Nervous System | 124 | 53 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 53 | 71 | 77 | 54 | 7 | 177 | 5°7 | |
2. „ Organs of Special Sense | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
3. „ Circulatory System | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 41 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 238 | |
4. „ Respiratory System | 227 | 228 | 33 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 72 | 126 | 154 | 58 | 15 | 455 | 1011 | |
5. ,, Digestive System.. | 48 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 29 | 45 | 32 | 10 | .. | 81 | 284 | |
6. „ Lymphatic System | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
7. ,, Glandlike Organs of uncertain use | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
8. „ Urinary System | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 8 | .. | 2 | 97 | |
9. ,, ReproductiveSystem | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 36 | |
(a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 16 | |
(b) Diseases of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | |
10. ,, Diseases of Bones and joints | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | 30 | |
11. ,, of Integumentary System | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | |
VII.—Violence | 31 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 121 | |
1. Accident or Negligence | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 99 | |
2. Homicide | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | |
3. Suicide | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
4. Execution | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
VIII.—Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes | 142 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 167 | 235 | |
Total | 1110 | 843 | 207 | 175 | 333 | 378 | 390 | 418 | 486 | 304 | 86 | 1953 | 4730 |