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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Table 3a.
Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1899.
Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.
| AGES | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 35 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 15 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 95 & up word | Total | Under 5 years. | ||
| 1.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases. 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Smallpox. | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| No Statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Measles | 23 | 71 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99 | 94 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25 | 13 | |
| Typhus ,, | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 50 | 84 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 141 | 134 | |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 66 | 33 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 111 | 74 | |
| Simple Continued & Ill-defined Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ... | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 43 | 1 | |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases (Influenza) | 3 | 2 | ... | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 70 | 5 | |
| 2.—Diarrhceal Diseases. Simple Cholera | ||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 189 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 247 | 223 | ||
| 3.—Malarial Diseases. Remittent Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 4.—Zoogenous Diseases. Cowpox and Effects of Vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia Glanders, Splenic Fever) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| 5.—Venereal Diseases. Syphilis | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 8 | |
| Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 6.—Septic Diseases. Erysipelas | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 16 | 5 | |
| Pyaemia, Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | |
| 11.—Parasitic Diseases. Thrush, and other Vegetable parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 111.—Dietic Diseases. Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scurvy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chronic Alcoholism | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | ... | 29 | ... | |||
| Delirium Tremens | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases. Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 14 | 2 | |
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | |
| Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ||
| Rickets | 6 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 13 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | 24 | ... | 67 | 49 | 22 | 222 | 1 | ||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 11 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 18 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis,Hydrocephalus | 23 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 63 | 51 | |
| Phthisis | 3 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 121 | 121 | 99 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 481 | 11 | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 19 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 65 | 38 | |
| Purpura, Haemorrhagic Diathesis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | ... | ... | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | l | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | |
| Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | 18 | ... | |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |