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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION
| CAUSES OF DEATH f | AGES - BOTH SEXES | SEX. TOTALS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | x and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 1 | 25 and under 45 | 1 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | |||
| M | F. | ||||||||
| All causes | 114 | 21 | 15 | 53 | 196 | 641 | 1126 | 1171 | 999 |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 2. Measles | - | - | |||||||
| 3. Scarlet Fever | ~ | ||||||||
| 4. Whooping Cough | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 5. Diphtheria | 1 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| b, Influenza | - | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | l | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 8. Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9. Tuberculosis (Puln.) | - | - | - | 17 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 80 | 38 |
| 10. Other Tuberculosis | 2 | l | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 11. syphilis | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | b | ||
| 12. General Paralysis of Insane, tabea doesalis | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | _~ | |
| 13. Cancer, Malignant dis | 4 | 32 | 150 | 173 | 182 | 177 | |||
| 14. Diabetes | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 28 | 15 | 25 | |
| 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc- | - | - | 3 | 23 | 53 | 38 | 41 | ||
| 16. Heart Disease | 1 | 6 | 19 | 120 | 435 | 294 | 287 | ||
| 17. Aneurysm | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||||||
| 18. Other Circulatory dis. | - | - | 2 | 28 | 86 | 56 | 60 | ||
| 19. Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 49 | ||||
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 15 | l | 2 | 7 | 47 | 69 | 89 | 57 | |
| 21. Other Respiratory dis. | ~ | - | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | .- | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 8 | ||
| 23. Diarrhoea | 30 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 17 | ||
| 24. Appendicitis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 26. Other diseases of Liver | - | - | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 13 |
| 28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | ~ | 1 | ~_ | ~ | 7 | 16 | 28 | 33 | 19 |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | ~ | 1 | ~ | - | - | 1 | |||
| 30. Other Puerperal Causes | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | ||
| 31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 48 | ~ | 1 | ~ | 1 | 1 | ~ | 33 | 18 |
| 32. Senility | ~ | - | - | - | 34 | 13 | 21 | ||
| 33. Suicide | ~ | - | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 32 | 12 | |
| 34. Other Violence | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 44 | 28 | |
| 35. Other Defined Diseases | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 50 | 70 | 80 |
| 36. Causes Ill-defined or unknown | 1 | . | ~ | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Special causes (included in No. 35 above) Erysipelas | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | 1 | ~_ | - | 1 |