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St Pancras 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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S.D. 24.
REGISTRAR GENERAL'S SHORT LIST OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF
ST. PANCRAS, 1934.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES | M | 1310 | 89 | 15 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 56 | 84 | 153 | 274 | 317 | 234 |
| F | 1112 | 72 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 50 | 54 | 92 | 160 | 265 | 334 | |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2. Measles | M | 21 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 4. Whooping Cough | M | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5. Diphtheria | M | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| F | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 6. Influenza | M | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 8. Cerebro spinal Fever | M | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | M | 114 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 2 |
| F | 44 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 10. Other Tuberculous Diseases | M | 6 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| F | 9 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| 11. Syphilis | M | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabesdorsalis | M | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — |
| F | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 13. Cancer, Malignant Disease | M | 168 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 53 | 55 | 23 |
| F | 168 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 38 | |
| 14. Diabetes | M | 10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | — |
| F | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | 3 | |
| IS. Cerebral Hemorrhage, etc. | M | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 10 |
| F | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 14 |