Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE IV—Comparison of Mortality from various causes in London, and in St. Giles's. Four Quarters, 1860.
Class. | Classes and Orders or Disease. | First Quarter | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | ||||||||
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London. | St. Giles. | London. | St. Giles. | London. | St. Giles. | London. | St. Giles. | ||||||
Estimated Quota. | Actual Number. | Estimated Quota. | Actual Number. | Estimated Quota. | Actual Number. | Estimated Quota. | Actual Number. | ||||||
All Causes | 18814 | 368.2 | 417 | 14894 | 291.5 | 336 | 12916 | 252.7 | 288 | 15197 | 297.4 | 378 | |
Specified Causes | 18581 | 363.6 | 409 | 14714 | 287.9 | 334 | 12782 | 250.1 | 286 | 15071 | 295.0 | 373 | |
(Classes.) | |||||||||||||
I | Zymotic Diseases | 3380 | 66.1 | 54 | 2917 | 57.1 | 47 | 3312 | 64.8 | 76 | 3392 | 66.4 | 87 |
II. | Constitutional „ | 3245 | 63.5 | 82 | 3409 | 66.7 | 86 | 2902 | 56.8 | 71 | 2967 | 580 | 75 |
III. | Local „ | 9204 | 180.1 | 208 | 6051 | 118.4 | 147 | 4520 | 88.5 | 98 | 6471 | 126.7 | 160 |
IV | Developmental „ | 2145 | 42.0 | 53 | 1779 | 34.8 | 48 | 1582 | 30.9 | 31 | 1734 | 34.0 | 40 |
V. | Violent Deaths | 607 | 11.9 | 12 | 558 | 10.9 | 6 | 466 | 9.1 | 10 | 507 | 9.9 | 11 |
(Orders.) | |||||||||||||
I. | 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 3087 | 60.4 | 45 | 2664 | 52.1 | 43 | 3035 | 59.3 | 68 | 3137 | 61.5 | 86 |
2. Enthetic „ | 93 | 1.8 | 6 | 74 | 1.5 | 1 | 71 | 1.4 | 5 | 84 | 1.6 | 0 | |
3. Dietic „ | 172 | 3.4 | 3 | 165 | 3.2 | 3 | 176 | 3.5 | 3 | 148 | 2.9 | 1 | |
4. Parasitic „ | 28 | .5 | 0 | 14 | .3 | 0 | 30 | .6 | 0 | 23 | .4 | 0 | |
II. | 1. Diathetic ,, | 566 | 11.1 | 9 | 542 | 10.6 | 6 | 511 | 10.0 | 7 | 529 | 10.3 | 11 |
2. Tubercular „ | 2679 | 52.4 | 73 | 2867 | 56.1 | 80 | 2391 | 46.8 | 64 | 2438 | 47.7 | 64 | |
III. | 1. Dis. of Nervous Syst. | 2029 | 39.8 | 48 | 1714 | 33.5 | 34 | 1437 | 28.1 | 27 | 1569 | 30.7 | 35 |
2. „ Organs of Circulation | 873 | 17.0 | 19 | 716 | 14.0 | 12 | 610 | 12.0 | 20 | 712 | 14.0 | 12 | |
3. „ Respiratory Organs | 5178 | 101.3 | 115 | 2610 | 51.1 | 75 | 1467 | 28.8 | 31 | 3189 | 62.3 | 90 | |
4. ,, Digestive ditto | 719 | 14.1 | 18 | 640 | 12.5 | 18 | 642 | 12.5 | 15 | 610 | 12.0 | 15 | |
5. ,, Urinary ditto | 229 | 4.5 | 8 | 220 | 4.4 | 5 | 213 | 4.1 | 5 | 226 | 4.4 | 5 | |
6. „ Organs of Generation | 58 | 1.1 | 0 | 43 | .8 | 1 | 45 | .9 | 0 | 47 | 1.0 | 1 | |
7. „ „ Locomotion | 48 | .9 | 0 | 42 | .8 | 1 | 37 | .7 | 0 | 49 | 1.0 | 0 | |
8. ,, Integumentary System | 70 | 1.4 | 0 | 66 | 1.3 | 1 | 69 | 1.4 | 0 | 69 | 1.3 | 2 | |
IV. | 1. Dev. Dis. of Children. | 545 | 10.7 | 13 | 523 | 10.2 | 18 | 389 | 7.6 | 10 | 4 57 | 9.0 | 9 |
2. „ „ Adults | 79 | 1.5 | 2 | 65 | 1.3 | 2 | 55 | 1.1 | 1 | 63 | 1.2 | 2 | |
3. ,, „ Old People | 790 | 15.5 | 25 | 615 | 12.0 | 15 | 411 | 8.0 | 10 | 572 | 11.2 | 20 | |
4. Diseases of Nutrition | 731 | 14.3 | 13 | 576 | 11.3 | 13 | 727 | 14.2 | 10 | 642 | 12.6 | 9 | |
V. | 1. Accident | 507 | 10.0 | 12 | 437 | 8.5 | 6 | 356 | 7.0 | 5 | 415 | 8.0 | 8 |
4. Sucide | 63 | 1.2 | 0 | 80 | 1.6 | 0 | 79 | 1.5 | 3 | 63 | 1.3 | 3 | |
All other Violent Dths | 37 | .7 | 0 | 41 | .8 | 0 | 31 | .6 | 2 | 29 | .6 | 0 | |
Sudden Deaths | 48 | .9 | 0 | 32 | .6 | 1 | 26 | .5 | 0 | 32 | .7 | 0 | |
Cause unspecified | 185 | 3.7 | 8 | 148 | 3.0 | 1 | 108 | 2 .1 | 2 | 94 | 1.7 | 5 | |
I. | Certain Special Diseases. Small Pox | 464 | 9.1 | 14 | 240 | 4.7 | 3 | 99 | 2.0 | 1 | 74 | 1.4 | 0 |
Measles | 274 | 5.4 | 1 | 571 | 11.2 | 3 | 579 | 11.3 | 5 | 630 | 12.3 | 31 | |
Scarlatina and Diphtheritis | 685 | 13.4 | 5 | 463 | 9.1 | 10 | 542 | 10.6 | 8 | 767 | 15.0 | 5 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
Whooping Cough. | 612 | 12.0 | 7 | 506 | 10.0 | 10 | 350 | 6.9 | 13 | 555 | 10.9 | 13 | |
Diarrhœa | 148 | 2.9 | 2 | 168 | 3.3 | 2 | 754 | 14.8 | 23 | 513 | 6.1 | 10 | |
Typhus and other) Fever continued & remittent | 503 | 9.9 | 9 | 391 | 7.6 | 5 | 361 | 7.1 | 8 | 379 | 7.4 | 9 |