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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Deaths from all Causes during the Year 1900—
| AGES. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 4S | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and upward | Totals. | Total under 5 years. | |
| B.—Local Diseases— Con. | ||||||||||||||
| 8b.—Diseases of Parturition. Abortion, Miscarriage | ||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Mania | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Puerperal Convulsions | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Placenta Prævia, Flooding | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other Accidents of Pregnancy and Childbirth | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | ||||||||
| 9.—Diseases of Bones and Joints. Caries, Necrosis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| Arthritis, Periostitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ochre Diseases of Locomotor System | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 10.—Diseases of Integumentary System. Ulcer, Bedsore | l | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |||||||||
| Eczema | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pemphigus | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Skin Diseases, other | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| c.—Violence | ||||||||||||||
| 1.—Accident or Negligence. | ||||||||||||||
| In Mines and Quarries | ||||||||||||||
| Vehicles and Horses | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | ||||
| Ships, Boats and Docks (not Drowning) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Railways . | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Building Operations | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Machinery | l | 1 | 2 | ... | ||||||||||
| Weapons and Implements | •- | |||||||||||||
| Burns and Scalds | 10 | 3 | 2 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | |||||
| Poisons, Poisonous Vapours | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| Drowning | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Suffocation | 33 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33 |
| Falls | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 6 | |
| Weather Agencies | 1... | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Otherwise or not stated | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2.—Homicide | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 38 | ||||||||
| 4.—Execution | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| D.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes. | ||||||||||||||
| Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 77 | 2 | ... | 79 | 79 | |||||||||
| Old Age | 30 | 45 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Dropsy Ascites, Anasarca | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Tumour | 1 | l | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Abscess | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Hæmorrhage | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | |||||||
| Sudden Death (cause not ascertained) | ... | ... | 2 | |||||||||||
| Other ill-defined causes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| auses not specified | ... | ... | ||||||||||||