London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
Table No. 2. Deaths Registered from all Causes for the Year 1925.
N ote._The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the Borough are excluded, and
the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the Borough are included.
| Cause of Death. | AGES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Total under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 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. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | m. | F. | M. | F. | m. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | PERSONS | |
| 1.—General Diseases. 1. Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3. Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Small Pox- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6. Measles | l | —- | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| 7. Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8. Whooping Cough | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | 35 | 71 |
| 9, (a) Diphtheria | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10. Influenza | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 16 | 25 | 41 |
| 11. Miliary Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12. Asiatic Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13. Cholera Nostras | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14. Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 15. Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16. Yellow Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17. Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18. Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 19. (a) Mumps | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| (b) German Measles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| (c) Varicella | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20. (a) Pyæmia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (b) Septicæmia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21. Glauders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22. Anthrax (Splenic Fever) | —. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23. Rabies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24. Tetanus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25. Mycoses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26. Pellagra | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27. Beri-beri | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28. (a) Pulmonary Tuberculosis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 96 | 69 | 165 |
| (b) Phthisis (not defined as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 29. (a) Acute Phthisis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| (6) Acute Miliary Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 30. Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | l | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 31. (a) Tabes Mesenterica | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| (b) Other peritoneal & intestinal tubercle | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 32. Tuberculosis of Spinal Column | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 33. Tuberculosis of Joints | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| 34. (a) Lupus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (c) Tuberculosis of other Organs | — | 1 | — | —_ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | —_ | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| 35 Disseminated Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | —_ | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 36. Rickets, Softening of Bones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37. Syphilis | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 38. Other Venereal Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 39. Cancer of the Buccal Cavity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | 4 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 40. „ Stomach, Liver, &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 65 | 42 | 107 |
| 41.„ Peritoneum, Intestines, and Rectum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 21 | 57 |
| 42. „ Female Genital Organs | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | — | 7 | — | 9 | — | 11 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 37 | 37 | |
| 43. ,, Breast | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | — | 9 | 1 | 4 | — | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| 44. ,, Skin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 45. Cancer of other or unspecified Organs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 44 | 22 | 66 |
| 46. Other Tumours (situation undefined) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 47. Rheumatic Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 17 | 18 | |
| 48. (a) Chronic Rheumatism | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 7 | ||
| (c) Gout | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 49. Scurvy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |