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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) 1864
[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, 1864.
| Class. | Classes and Orders of Disease. | First Quarter. 13 weeks. | Second Quarter. 13 weeks. | Third Quarter. 13 weeks. | Fourth Quarter. 13 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 | 22733 | 416.3 | 485 | 17345 | 317.8 | 342 | 18008 | 329.7 | 337 | 19636 | 359.7 | 511 | |
| Specified Causes | 22499 | 412.1 | 480 | 17094 | 313.2 | 340 | 17843 | 320 7 | 536 | 19436 | 3561 | 508 | |
| (Classes.) | |||||||||||||
| Zymotic Diseases | 4458 | 81.6 | 72 | 4325 | 79.2 | 69 | 6421 | 117.6 | 96 | 4847 | 88.8 | 120 | |
| i. | Constitutional „ | 3951 | 72.3 | 97 | 3573 | 654 | 79 | 3389 | 62.1 | 82 | 3324 | 60.9 | 102 |
| ii. | Local „ | 10932 | 200.2 | 250 | 6608 | 1211 | 152 | 5301 | 97.1 | 104 | 8535 | 156.3 | 231 |
| in. | Developmental ,, | 2528 | 46 3 | 50 | 1972 | 361 | 28 | 2105 | 38.5 | 44 | 2068 | 37.9 | 41 |
| iV. | VioleDt Deaths | 630 | 11.5 | 11 | 616 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 627 | 11.5 | 10 | 662 | 121 | 14 |
| V. | (Orders.) | ||||||||||||
| I. | 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 4111 | 75.3 | 64 | 8988 | 74.7 | 59 | 6059 | 1110 | 90 | 4515 | 82.7 | 113 |
| 2. Enthetic ,, | 119 | 2.2 | 3 | 123 | 2.2 | 6 | 88 | 1.6 | 2 | 88 | 1.6 | 2 | |
| 3. Dietic ., | 194 | 3.5 | 4 | 175 | 3.2 | 7 | 222 | 4.7 | 3 | 213 | 3.9 | 4 | |
| 4. Parasitic „ | 34 | .6 | 1 | 39 | .7 | … | 52 | .9 | 1 | 31 | .6 | 1 | |
| II. | I. Diathetic ,, | 678 | 12.4 | 14 | 588 | 10.8 | 12 | 622 | 11.5 | 11 | 614 | 11.3 | 8 |
| 2. Tubercular „ | 3273 | 600 | 83 | 2985 | 54.7 | 67 | 2767 | 50.7 | 71 | 2710 | 49.7 | 94 | |
| Ill | 1. Dis. of Nervous Syst. | 2385 | 43.7 | 42 | 1848 | 33 9 | 32 | 1734 | 31.8 | 30 | 1927 | 35.3 | 43 |
| 2. „ Organs of Circulation | 1100 | 20.2 | 34 | 806 | 14.7 | 19 | 683 | 12.5 | 14 | 947 | 173 | 27 | |
| 3. ,, Respiratory Organs | 6237 | 114.2 | 151 | 2798 | 51.2 | 85 | 1699 | 31.1 | 41 | 4467 | … | 129 | |
| 4. „ Digestive ditto | 765 | 140 | 17 | 695 | 12 7 | 12 | 760 | 13.9 | 10 | 744 | 13 6 | 20 | |
| 5. ,. Urinary ditto | 306 | 5.6 | 5 | 253 | 4.6 | 4 | 273 | 5.0 | 6 | 254 | 4 6 | 7 | |
| 6. „ Organs of Gene. ration | 51 | .9 | … | 76 | 1.4 | … | 60 | 1.1 | … | 68 | 1.2 | 4 | |
| 7. „ Locomotion | 74 | 1.3 | 1 | 62 | 1.1 | … | 50 | .9 | 3 | 64 | 1.2 | 1 | |
| 8. „ Integumentary System | 64 | 1.2 | ... | 70 | 1.3 | ... | 42 | .8 | … | 64 | 1.2 | … | |
| IV | 1. Dev. Dis. of Children | 620 | 11.5 | 19 | 560 | 10.2 | 5 | 471 | 8 6 | 17 | 528 | 9.7 | 11 |
| 2. „ „ Adults | 91 | 1.7 | 3 | 71 | 1.3 | ... | 72 | 1.3 | 2 | 89 | 1.6 | … | |
| 3. „ „ Old People | 1075 | 196 | 19 | 633 | 11.6 | 14 | 562 | 10.3 | 9 | 702 | 12.9 | 12 | |
| 4. Diseases of Nutrition | 742 | 13.6 | 9 | 708 | 13.0 | 9 | 1000 | 18.3 | 16 | 749 | 13.7 | 18 | |
| V | 1. Accdt. or Negligence | 530 | 9.7 | … | 510 | 9.3 | 10 | 527 | 96 | 10 | 572 | 10.5 | 14 |
| Homicide | 36 | .6 | 2 | 30 | .5 | 2 | 35 | .6 | … | 25 | .4 | … | |
| 2. Suicide | 57 | 1.0 | … | 75 | 1.3 | … | 63 | 1.2 | … | 64 | 1.2 | … | |
| All other Violent Dths. | 7 | .1 | 1 | 1 | … | … | 2 | .1 | … | 1 | … | ... | |
| Sudden Deaths | 54 | .9 | ... | 60 | 1.1 | … | 38 | .7 | … | 33 | .6 | … | |
| Cause unspecified | 180 | 3.3 | 5 | 192 | 3.5 | 2 | 127 | 2.3 | 1 | 167 | 30 | 3 | |
| I. | Certain Special Diseases. | ||||||||||||
| Small Pox | 161 | 2.9 | 6 | 116 | 2.1 | 2 | 140 | 2.5 | … | 120 | 2.2 | 4 | |
| Measles | 413 | 7.6 | 2 | 844 | 15.5 | 8 | 855 | 15.6 | 10 | 638 | 11.7 | 18 | |
| Scarlatina | 749 | 13.7 | 3 | 593 | 10.8 | 9 | 805 | 14.7 | 13 | 1095 | 20.0 | 32 | |
| Diphtheritis | 135 | 2.4 | 2 | 143 | 2.6 | 3 | 145 | 2.6 | 3 | 141 | 2.6 | 2 | |
| Croup | 255 | 4.7 | 5 | 198 | 36 | 3 | 195 | 3.6 | 1 | 234 | 4.3 | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | 913 | 16.7 | 14 | 639 | 11.7 | 4 | 396 | 7.2 | 2 | 438 | 11.7 | 14 | |
| Diarrhœa | 172 | 31 | 2 | 321 | 5.9 | 8 | 2080 | 38 0 | 39 | 288 | 5.3 | 7 | |
| Typhus and other Fevers,continued,remittent & puerperal. | 953 | 17.5 | 22 | 876 | 16.1 | 20 | 1049 | 19.2 | 18 | 1172 | 21.4 | 25 | |
Deaths in Hospitals here included. Population of St. Giles, 1÷54.6 part of the Population of
London in 18613.