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St Giles (Camden) 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897
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(A.)—Table of Deaths during the Year 1896, in the Metrofolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, Classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adofted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whoofing Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 130 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 27 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 7 | — | - | - | 11 | — | 2 | 21 | 55 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 75 | ||||||||
| St. Giles, South | 190 | 62 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 63 | 19 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | 20 | - | 4 | 38 | 96 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 94 | ||||||||
| St. Giles, North | 105 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 20 | under 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 3 | — | - | — | 9 | — | 2 | 20 | 44 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 9 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 61 | ||||||||
| Workhouse | 108 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 55 | 45 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 42 | 101 | ||||||||
| British Lying-in Hospital | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| French Hospital | 47 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 36 | 3 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 3 | 5 | - | 15 | 43 | ||||||||
| Totals | 584 | 144 | 63 | 10 | 20 | 233 | 114 | under 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 39 | 10 | 17 | — | — | — | 40 | — | 8 | 93 | 209 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 88 | 74 | 57 | 11 | 142 | 375 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto | 215 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 112 | 38 | under 5 | - | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | - | - | 22 | 51 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 85 | 164 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among per sons not belong ing thereto | 65 | 6 | — | 1 | 7 | 41 | 10 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 57 | ||||||||