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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) 1865

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

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Table: TABLE III.— Causes of Death in the St. Giles's in1865,with the Ages at Death. (Correction is here made for deaths in Hospitals and in the Infants' Home.

TABLE III.— Causes of Death in the St. Giles's in1865,with the Ages at Death. (Correction is here made for deaths in Hospitals and in the Infants' Home.

Class.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 2 years.2 and under 5.5 and under 10.10 and under 20.20 and under 25.25 and under 35.35 and under 45.45 and under 55.55 and under 65.65 and under 75.75 and under 85.85 and upwards.
Males.Females.Total.
All causes82377315965291165061541121221621691326920
Specified causes82277115935281165061541111221611691326920
(Classes.)
I.Zymotic Diseases21417839217348212013272925201141
IIConstitutional „178157335582511152552445429184...
III.Local „3373176541763312211325427811795392
IVDevelopmental „62921549851151...252115
V.Violent Deaths3127582355422641312
(Orders.)
I.1 Miasmatic Diseases19916936816048212013232722181141
2 Enthetic „46108...............11............
3 Dietic „113145............4122.........
4 Parasitic „.............................................
II.1 Diathetic „2334571............252114104...
2 Tubercular „1551232785725111525503933158......
III.1 Diseases of Nervous System78561344054723121618189...
2 „ of Organs of Circulation424486......24...1141927136...
3 „ of Respiratory Organs17718135812925559520275955172
4 „ of Digestive Organs22214352112357863...
5 „ of Urinary Organs13922.........3...216514...
6 „ of Organs of Generation...44...............1...3............
7 „ of Organs of Locomotion31411...2........................
8 „ of Integumentary System2131........................2......
IV.1 Dev. Diseases of Children192241392..............................
2 „ of Adults...77............151...............
3 „ of Old People192443........................252115
4 Diseases of Nutrition2439635931...........................
V.1 Accident or Negligence2627532255421531212
3 Homicidej11.................................
4 Suicide4...4...............111...1......
5 Execution.......................................
Violent Deaths not classed.............................................
Sudden Deaths, cause unascertained.......................................
Causes not specified or ill-defined1231............1...l............