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
& up
ward
Total
under
5Years
Total
I.—Specific, Febrile, or Zymotic
Diseases
217
238
79
58
47
30
16
12
11
10
1
455
720
1. Miasmatic Diseases
56
212
76
46
29
19
7
4
2
..
I
268
45 2
2. Diarrhœal „
120
18
2
4
2
1
3
4
4
6
..
138
164
3. Malarial „
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4. Zoogenous „
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5. Veneral „
26
5
..
..
1
2
1
..
..
..
..
31
35
6. Septic
15
3
1
8
15
8
5
4
5
4
1
18
69
II. Parasitic Diseases
6
1
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
7
9
III..Dietic Dieseas
5
..
..
2
2
10
6
1
2
..
..
5
28
IV. Constitutional Diseases
137
124
41
71
156
155
124
106
45
14
1
261
974
V. Developmental Diseases
130
2
..
..
..
..
..
1
54
135
36
132
358
VI..Local Diseases
383
273
74
66
128
165
240
324
331
163
26
656
2173
1. Diseases of Nervous System
116
50
9
11
23
33
45
73
96
56
8
166
520
2. „ Organs of Special
Sense
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
4
3. „ Circulatory System
3
3
19
17
22
31
53
52
57
15
2
6
274
4. „ Respiratory System
207
187
31
16
40
41
69
110
119
77
15
394
912
5. „ Digestive System
49
27
7
9
14
34
46
34
33
11
1
76
265
6. „ Lymphatic System
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
I
7. „ Glandlike Organs of
uncertain use
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
8. ,, Urinary System
..
..
4
9
14
8
25
37
18
11
..
..
126
9. „ ReproductiveSystem
1
..
..
3
8
14
2
4
2
2
••
1
36
(a) Diseases of Organs of
tion
1
..
..
..
1
2
2
4
2
2
..
1
14
(6) Diseases of Parturition
• •
..
..
3
7
12
..
..
..
..
••
..
22
10. ,, Diseases of Bones
andJoints
2
4
4
1
4
2
..
3
6
1
..
6
27
11. „ of Integumentary
System
3
..
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
6
VII..Violence
49
20
13
3
16
22
13
7
9
8
2
69
162
1. Accident or Negligence
43
19
13
2
9
9
6
6
9
8
2
62
126
2. Homicide
6
1
..
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
7
10
3. Sucide
..
..
..
1
6
11
7
1
..
..
..
..
26
4. Execution
• •
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
VIII.—Ill.Defined and not Specified
Causes
173
14
8
2
8
3
4
9
19
11
2
187
253
Total
1100
672
216
202
357
386
403
460
471
341
69
1772
4677