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St Giles (Camden) 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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Comparison of Mortality from various causes in London and in Saint Giles's. Whole Year, 1863 (53weeks.)

Classes.Classes and Orders of Disease.London.St Giles's, Population 54,048.
Population, 2,904,413.Estimated Quota.*Actual Registered Mortality.Corrected for Deaths in Hosptls.
All Causes723461347.214931572
Specified Causes716651334.514861503
Classes.
I.Zymotic Diseases21005391.1387402
I I.Constitutional „13518251.7298319
iii.Local „26738498.0593632
IV.Developmental,7874146.6162162
V.Violent Deaths253047.14654
Orders.
I.1 Miasmatic Diseases19689366.6346360
2 Euthetic „3977.41717
3 Dietic „76714.32425
4 Parasitic „1522.8......
II.1 Diathetic Diseases242145.13847
2 Tubercular Diseases11007206.6260266
III.1 Diseases of Nervous System7406137.9144149
2 „ Organs of Circulation311658.06475
3 „ Respiratory Organs11499214.1313322
4 „ Digestive Organs295054.94251
5 „ Urinary Organs102519.12428
6 „ Organs of Generation2544.744
7 „ Organs of Locomotion2304.323
8 „ Integumentary Organs2584.8......
IV.1 Dev: Dis. of Children205438.25656
2 „ „ Adults3506.544
3 „ „ Old People ...........208750.15858
4 Diseases of Nutrition278351.84444
V1 Accident or Negligence214940.03744
3 Homicide1282.455
4 Suicide2514.744
All other Violent Deaths20.0...1
Sudden Deaths2334.411
Causes unspecified4488.368
Certain Special Diseases of Zymotic Class and Miasmatic Order.
1.1Small Pox201237.55257
Measles169831.63232
Scarlatina507594.57376
Diphtheritis72413.51213
Croup92717.31111
Whooping Cough222941.54242
Diarrhœa244845.65858
Typhus & other Fevers, continuedand remittent289253.84648

* 1:- 53.7th part of the entire mortality of the Town. The number of Deaths registered
in the District, has here been subjected to the correction for ten errors; see note (†)
to table on page 3.