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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 Giles (Camden) 1896

Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897

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Table: TABLE IV.Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1896 from certain groups of Diseases, and profortions to 1,000 of Pofulation, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and profortions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE IV.

Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1896 from certain groups of Diseases, and profortions to 1,000 of Pofulation, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and profortions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Pofulation at all Ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all Ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases*872.2118
2. Pulmonary Diseases1423.7193
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases1443.7196
Division II. (Infants under One Year).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Births.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under One Tear.
4. Wasting Diseases474.46.4
5. Convulsive Diseases141.31.9

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NOTES.
1. Includes smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria,
whoofing-cough, typhus, enteric (or typhoid) and
simple continued fevers and diarrhœa.
* 14 of these deaths occurred in hospitals outside
the District.
3. Includes phthisis, scrofula, tuberculosis, rickets, and
tabes.
4. Includes marasmas, atrofhy, debility, want of breast
milk, and premature birth.
5. Includes hydrocephalus, infantile meningitis,
sions, and teething.