London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
This page requires JavaScript
| Class. | Classes and Orders of Disease. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 18965 | 355.6 | 445 | 15238 | 293.7 | 337 | 14032 | 287.8 | 288 | 15866 | 305.8 | 391 | |
| Specified Causes | 18815 | 352.8 | 436 | 15030 | 289.7 | 332 | 14777 | 284.8 | 286 | 15666 | 302.0 | 386 | |
| (Classes.) | |||||||||||||
| I. | Zymotic Diseases | 3674 | 68.9 | 85 | 3292 | 63.5 | 50 | 4732 | 91.3 | 86 | 4012 | 77.3 | 118 |
| II. | Constitutional „ | 3488 | 65.4 | 82 | 3442 | 66.3 | 86 | 3076 | 59.2 | 67 | 3076 | 59.2 | 80 |
| III | Local „ | 8768 | 164.5 | 212 | 5946 | 114.6 | 164 | 4555 | 87.8 | 102 | 6300 | 121.5 | 157 |
| IV. | Developmental „ | 2252 | 42.2 | 48 | 1840 | 35.4 | 24 | 1826 | 35.2 | 23 | 1760 | 34.0 | 25 |
| V. | Violent Deaths | 633 | 11.8 | 9 | 510 | 9.9 | 8 | 586 | 11.3 | 8 | 518 | 10.0 | 6 |
| (Orders.) | |||||||||||||
| I. | 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 3343 | 62.7 | 76 | 3017 | 58.1 | 44 | 4357 | 84.0 | 77 | 3712 | 72.1 | 110 |
| 2. Enthetic | 110 | 2.1 | 5 | 90 | 1.8 | 4 | 96 | 1.9 | 6 | 94 | 1.8 | 2 | |
| 3. Dietic ,, | 188 | 3.5 | 4 | 165 | 3.2 | 1 | 219 | 4.3 | 3 | 148 | 2.9 | 5 | |
| 4. Parasitic „ | 33 | 6 | ... | 20 | .4 | 1 | 60 | 1.1 | ... | 28 | .5 | 1 | |
| II. | 1. Diathetic | 613 | 11.5 | 9 | 573 | 11.0 | 10 | 515 | 9.9 | 10 | 557 | 10.6 | 5 |
| 2. Tubercular „ | 2875 | 53.9 | 73 | 2869 | 55.3 | 76 | 2561 | 49.3 | 57 | 2519 | 48.6 | 75 | |
| 1. Dis. of Nervous Syst. | 2012 | 37.7 | 46 | 1672 | 32.2 | 43 | 1472 | 28.4 | 37 | 1580 | 30.5 | 40 | |
| 2. „ Organs of Circulation | 880 | 16.5 | 29 | 686 | 13.2 | 20 | 585 | 11.3 | 15 | 699 | 13.5 | 15 | |
| 3. „ Respiratory Or gans | 4798 | 90.0 | 114 | 2535 | 48.9 | 77 | 1467 | 28.3 | 37 | 2935 | 56.6 | 75 | |
| 4. „ Digestive ditto | 653 | 12.2 | 15 | 667 | 12.8 | 13 | 703 | 13.6 | 10 | 712 | 13.7 | ||
| 5. „ Urinary ditto | 266 | 5.0 | 5 | 214 | 4.1 | 8 | 193 | 3.7 | 1 | 226 | 4.3 | 10 | |
| 6 „ Organs of Generation | 41 | .8 | 1 | 58 | 1.1 | ... | 52 | 1.0 | 1 | 55 | 1.1 | ||
| 7. ,, ,, Locomotion | 45 | .9 | 2 | 54 | 1.1 | 2 | 34 | .6 | ... | 41 | .8 | ... | |
| 8. „ Integumentary System | 73 | 1.4 | ... | 60 | 1.2 | 1 | 49 | 1.0 | 1 | 52 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| IV. | 1. Dev. Dis of Children | 590 | 11.0 | 13 | 560 | 10.8 | 7 | 437 | 8.5 | 7 | 450 | 8.7 | 8 |
| 2. ,, „ Adults | 75 | 1.4 | 1 | 63 | 1.2 | 2 | 60 | 1.1 | 1 | 52 | 1.0 | ... | |
| 3. „ ,, Old People | 847 | 15.8 | 27 | 547 | 10.6 | 10 | 495 | 9.5 | 6 | 627 | 12.1 | 11 | |
| 4. Diseases of Nutrition | 740 | 14.0 | 7 | 670 | 12.8 | 5 | 836 | 16.1 | 9 | 631 | 12.2 | 6 | |
| 1. Accdt. or Negligence | 540 | 10.1 | 6 | 413 | 8.0 | 4 | 485 | 9.4 | 5 | 432 | 8.4 | 6 | |
| 2. Suicide | 65 | 1.2 | 1 | 76 | 1.5 | 2 | 59 | 1.1 | 2 | 61 | 1.1 | ... | |
| All other Violent Dths. | 28 | .5 | 2 | 21 | .4 | 2 | 4-2 | .8 | 1 | 25 | .5 | ... | |
| Sudden Deaths | 47 | .8 | ... | 35 | .6 | 1 | 43 | .8 | ... | 39 | .7 | ... | |
| Cause unspecified | 103 | 2.0 | 9 | 173 | 3.4 | 4 | 112 | 22 | 2 | 161 | 3.1 | 5 | |
| Cert in Special Diseases. | |||||||||||||
| Small Pox | 73 | 1.4 | ... | 52 | 1.0 | 1 | 44 | .8 | ... | 46 | .8 | ... | |
| Measles | 436 | 8.2 | 19 | 271 | 5.3 | 3 | 192 | 3.7 | 2 | 171 | 3.3 | 8 | |
| Scarlatina | 420 | 8.0 | 11 | 326 | 6.3 | 1 | 467 | 9.0 | 15 | 1145 | 22.0 | 41 | |
| Diphtheritis | 139 | 2.6 | 7 | 159 | 3.1 | 2 | 168 | 3.2 | 2 | 231 | 4.5 | 3 | |
| Croup | 236 | 4.5 | 16 | 190 | 3.7 | 8 | 177 | 3.4 | 8 | 252 | 4.8 | 11 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1113 | 20.9 | 8 | 1151 | 22.2 | 14 | 633 | 12.2 | 12 | 600 | 11.6 | 20 | |
| Diarrhæa | 215 | 4.0 | 3 | 204 | 4.0 | 4 | 1869 | 36.0 | 24 | 337 | 6.4 | 2 | |
| Typhus and other Fever, continued & remittent | 378 | 7.1 | 7 | 373 | 7.2 | 7 | 446 | 8.6 | 13 | 655 | 12.6 | 17 | |
Deaths in Hospitals here included. Population of St. Giles, 1 51.88 part of the Population of
London at census of 1861.