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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) 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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| Class. | Classes and Orders of Disease. | First Quarter. 13 weeks. | Second Quarter. 13 weeks. | Third Quarter. 13 weeks. | Fourth Quarter. 14 weeks. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 18967 | 353.2 | 418 | 17417 | 324.4 | 386 | 17105 | 318.5 | 344 | 18857 | 351.2 | 424 | |
| Specified Causes | 18763 | 349.3 | 415 | 17229 | 320.8 | 384 | 16918 | 315.0 | 342 | 18775 | 349.3 | 422 | |
| (Classes.) | |||||||||||||
| Zymotic Diseases | 4691 | 87.3 | 69 | 5003 | 93.1 | 93 | 6295 | 117.3 | 130 | 5016 | 93.4 | 110 | |
| I. | Constitutional | 3485 | 46.9 | 96 | 3425 | 63.8 | 68 | 3149 | 58.6 | 71 | 3459 | 64.4 | 78 |
| II. | Local | 7848 | 146.1 | 186 | 6365 | 118.5 | 175 | 4886 | 91.0 | 88 | 7639 | 142.1 | 183 |
| III. | Developmental | 2096 | 39.0 | 51 | 1826 | 34.0 | 38 | 1966 | 36.6 | 36 | 1986 | 36.9 | 37 |
| IV. | Violent Deaths | 643 | 12.0 | 13 | 610 | 11.4 | 10 | 622 | 11.5 | 17 | 655 | 12.2 | 14 |
| V. | (Orders) | ||||||||||||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 4416 | 82.2 | 59 | 4681 | 87.2 | 78 | 5926 | 110.3 | 123 | 4666 | 86.9 | 100 | |
| I. | 2. Enthetic „ | 93 | 1.7 | 5 | 98 | 1.8 | 3 | 88 | 1.6 | 5 | 118 | 2.2 | 4 |
| 3. Dietic „ | 150 | 2.8 | 5 | 189 | 3.5 | 12 | 227 | 4.3 | 2 | 201 | 3.7 | 6 | |
| 4. Parasitic „ | 32 | .6 | ... | 35 | .6 | ... | 54 | 1.0 | ... | 31 | .6 | ... | |
| 1. Diathetic „ | 624 | 11.6 | 1.2 | 593 | 11.6 | 10 | 565 | 10.5 | 11 | 639 | 12.0 | 14 | |
| II. | 2. Tubercular „ | 2861 | 53.3 | 84 | 2832 | 52.7 | 58 | 2584 | 48.1 | 60 | 2820 | 52.4 | 64 |
| 1. Dis. of Nervous Syst. | 1972 | 36.7 | 39 | 1850 | 34.5 | 44 | 1578 | 29.4 | 25 | 2003 | 37.3 | 41 | |
| III. | 2. „ Organs of Circulation | 822 | 15.3 | 22 | 707 | 13.2 | 21 | 701 | 13.0 | 10 | 886 | 16.5 | 22 |
| 3. „ Respiratory Organs | 3897 | 72.5 | 105 | 2651 | 49.4 | 97 | 1481 | 27.6 | 33 | 3470 | 64.6 | 87 | |
| 4. „ Digestive ditto | 708 | 13.2 | 9 | 721 | 13.4 | 11 | 713 | 13.3 | 10 | 808 | 15.0 | 21 | |
| 5. „ Urinary ditto | 260 | 4.8 | 7 | 249 | 4.6 | 2 | 241 | 4.5 | 8 | 275 | 5.2 | 11 | |
| 6. „ Organs ofGeneration | 63 | 1.2 | 3 | 66 | 1.2 | ... | 64 | 1.2 | 1 | 61 | 1.1 | ... | |
| 7. „ „ Locomotion | 58 | 1.1 | 1 | 62 | 1.2 | ... | 53 | 10 | 1 | 57 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| 8. „ Integumentary System | 68 | 1.3 | ... | 59 | 1.1 | ... | 55 | 1.0 | ... | 76 | 1.4 | ... | |
| 1. Dev. Dis. of Children | 599 | 11.2 | 20 | 487 | 9.1 | 10 | 439 | 8.2 | 14 | 529 | 9.8 | 12 | |
| IV. | 2. „ „ Adults | 86 | 1.6 | 2 | 91 | 1.7 | 2 | 77 | 1.4 | ... | 96 | 1.8 | ... |
| 3. „ „ Old People | 751 | 13.9 | 18 | 664 | 12.2 | 16 | 589 | 10.9 | 11 | 683 | 12.7 | 13 | |
| 4. Diseases of Nutrition | 660 | 12.3 | 11 | 584 | 10.9 | 10 | 861 | 16.1 | 11 | 678 | 12.6 | 12 | |
| I. Accdt. or Negligence | 548 | 10.3 | 9 | 501 | 9.3 | 6 | 537 | 10.0 | 15 | 563 | 10.5 | 14 | |
| V. | Homicide | 29 | .5 | 2 | 36 | .7 | 2 | 29 | .5 | 1 | 34 | .6 | ... |
| 2. Suicide | 66 | 1.2 | 1 | 71 | 1.3 | 2 | 56 | 1.0 | 1 | 58 | 1.1 | ... | |
| All other Violent Dths. | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Sudden. Deaths | 83 | 1.6 | ... | 53 | 1.0 | ... | 53 | .9 | 1 | 44 | .8 | ... | |
| Cause unspecified | 121 | 2.3 | ... | 135 | 2.5 | 2 | 134 | 2.5 | 1 | 58 | 1.1 | 2 | |
| I. | Small Pox | 422 | 7.9 | 9 | 788 | 14.7 | 24 | 512 | 9.5 | 12 | 290 | 5.4 | 12 |
| Measles | 576 | 10.7 | 7 | 606 | 11.3 | 12 | 221 | 4.1 | 5 | 295 | 5.5 | 8 | |
| Scarlatina | 880 | 16.4 | 15 | 1055 | 19.6 | 7 | 1519 | 28.3 | 20 | 1621 | 30.2 | 34 | |
| Diphtheritis | 178 | 3.3 | 2 | 175 | 3.3 | 1 | 192 | 3.5 | 6 | 179 | 3.3 | 4 | |
| Croup | 258 | 4.8 | 3 | 243 | 4.5 | 5 | 215 | 4.0 | 2 | 211 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 795 | 14.8 | 6 | 647 | 12.0 | 12 | 358 | 6.6 | 13 | 429 | 8.0 | 11 | |
| Diarrhœa | 161 | 3.0 | 2 | 225 | 5.0 | 4 | 1799 | 35.5 | 51 | 263 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Typhus and otherFevers, continued, remittent & puerperal. | 824 | 15.3 | 10 | 695 | 12.9 | 9 | 714 | 13.4 | 13 | 971 | 18.1 | 20 | |
Deaths in Hospitals here included. Population of St. Giles, 1÷ 53.7 part of the Population of
London in 1863.