London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| 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 and upwards | Total | under 5 years | |
| 9.—Reproductive System. | |||||||||||||
| A—Of Organs of Generation. | |||||||||||||
| Male Organs | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Female Organs | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| B—Of Parturition. | |||||||||||||
| Abortion, Miscarriage | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puerperal Convulsions | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Placenta praevia, Flooding | |||||||||||||
| Other Accidents of Child Birth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 10.—Bones and Joints. | |||||||||||||
| Caries, Necrosis | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other Diseases of Bones and Joints | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 11 .—Integumentary System. | |||||||||||||
| Carbuncle. Phlegmon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other Diseases of Integumentary System | |||||||||||||
| VII —Deaths from Violence. | |||||||||||||
| 1.—Accident or Negligence. | |||||||||||||
| Fractures and Contusions | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | ||||||
| Gunshot Wounds | |||||||||||||
| Cut, Stab | |||||||||||||
| Burn, Scald | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Poison | |||||||||||||
| Drowning | ••• | ||||||||||||
| Suffocation | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||
| Otherwise | |||||||||||||
| Manslaughter | |||||||||||||
| Murder | 1 | 1 | l | ||||||||||
| 3.— Suicide. | |||||||||||||
| Gunshot Wounds | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Cut, Stab | |||||||||||||
| Poison | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Drowning | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hanging | |||||||||||||
| Otherwise | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4.—Execution, | |||||||||||||
| Hanging | |||||||||||||
| VIII.—Deaths from Ill-defined and not Specified Causes. | |||||||||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | 1 | ••• | ||||||||||
| Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 32 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 33 | ||||||||
| Mortification | |||||||||||||
| Tumour | |||||||||||||
| Abscess | |||||||||||||
| Haemorrhage | |||||||||||||
| Sudden Death (causo not ascertained) | |||||||||||||
| Causes not Specified or III-defined | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||