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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 IV.—
| 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 | 21018 | 379.1 | 523 | 17367 | 313.3 | 406 | 16682 | 300.9 | 316 | 18393 | 331.8 | 351 | |
| Specified Causes | 20712 | 373.6 | 522 | 17189 | 310.1 | 404 | 16395 | 295.7 | 316 | 18255 | 329.3 | 351 | |
| (Classes.) | |||||||||||||
| I. | Zymotic Diseases | 4349 | 78.5 | 120 | 3931 | 71.0 | 94 | 5283 | 95.1 | 103 | 4495 | 81.1 | 69 |
| II. | Constitutional „ | 3653 | 65.9 | 95 | 3782 | 68.2 | 100 | 3388 | 61.1 | 68 | 3592 | 64.7 | 72 |
| III | Local „ | 9681 | 174.6 | 232 | 6756 | 121.7 | 163 | 4929 | 88.9 | 104 | 7460 | 134.7 | 155 |
| IV | Developmental „ | 2332 | 42.0 | 52 | 2094 | 37.8 | 32 | 2145 | 38.7 | 34 | 2035 | 36.6 | 36 |
| V. | Violent Deaths | 697 | 12.5 | 17 | 626 | 11.3 | 15 | 650 | 11.7 | 7 | 673 | 12.1 | 19 |
| (Orders.) | |||||||||||||
| I. | 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 3995 | 72.1 | 121 | 3588 | 64.8 | 85 | 4851 | 87.3 | 96 | 4105 | 74.1 | 66 |
| 2. Enthetic „ | 114 | 2.0 | 1 | 103 | 1.9 | 4 | 105 | 1.9 | 2 | 119 | 2.1 | 3 | |
| 3. Dietic „ | 202 | 3.6 | 4 | 200 | 3.6 | 5 | 257 | 4.6 | 5 | 221 | 4.0 | ... | |
| 4. Parasitic „ | 38 | 0.7 | ... | 40 | .7 | ... | 70 | 1.3 | ... | 50 | 0.9 | ... | |
| II. | 1. Diathetic „ | 647 | 11.6 | 11 | 635 | 11.4 | 22 | 582 | 10.5 | 13 | 619 | 11.1 | 11 |
| '2. Tubercular „ | 3006 | 54.2 | 84 | 3147 | 56.7 | 78 | 2806 | 50.6 | 55 | 2973 | 53.5 | 61 | |
| III. | 1. Dis. of Nervous Syst. | 2270 | 41.0 | 38 | 2028 | 36.6 | 39 | 1653 | 29.8 | 22 | 1941 | 35.0 | 35 |
| 2. „ Organs of Circulation | 1070 | 19.4 | 14 | 804 | 14.5 | 27 | 708 | 12.7 | 20 | 868 | 15.6 | 25 | |
| 3. „ Respiratory Organs | 5073 | 91.4 | 162 | 2733 | 49.2 | 76 | 1326 | 24.0 | 42 | 3413 | 61.7 | 78 | |
| 4. Digestive orgns. | 767 | 13.8 | 11 | 755 | 13.6 | 12 | 819 | 14.7 | 9 | 750 | 13.5 | 11 | |
| 5. „ Urinary organs | 303 | 5.5 | 5 | 241 | 4.3 | 7 | 254 | 4.6 | 7 | 290 | 5.2 | 3 | |
| 6. „ Organs of Gene-ration | 56 | 1.0 | 1 | 63 | 1.1 | .1 | 70 | 1.3 | 1 | 79 | 1.4 | 1 | |
| 7. „ „ Locomotion | 72 | 1.3 | 1 | 73 | 1.3 | .1 | 40 | 0.7 | 1 | 54 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| 8. „ Integumentary System | 64 | 1.1 | ... | 59 | 1.1 | ... | 59 | 1.1 | 2 | 65 | 1.2 | 1 | |
| IV. | 1. Dev. Dis. of Children | 574 | 10.3 | 18 | 537 | 9.6 | 7 | 517 | 9.3 | 7 | 449 | 8.1 | 9 |
| 2. „ „ Adults | 77 | 1.4 | 3 | 81 | 1.5 | 1 | 83 | 1.5 | 1 | 69 | 1.2 | 2 | |
| 3. „ „ Old People | 904 | 16.2 | 19 | 635 | 11.4 | 12 | 510 | 9.3 | 2 | 666 | 12.0 | 10 | |
| 4. Diseases of Nutrition | 777 | 14.0 | 12 | 841 | 15.2 | 12 | 1029 | 18.6 | 24 | 851 | 15.3 | 15 | |
| V. | 1. Accdt. or Negligence | 595 | 10.7 | 17 | 529 | 9.5 | 11 | 539 | 9.7 | 6 | 578 | 10.4 | 19 |
| 2. Homicide | 40 | 0.7 | ... | 29 | .5 | 1 | 35 | 0.6 | ... | 28 | 0.5 | ... | |
| 3. Suicide | 62 | 1.1 | ... | 63 | 1.1 | 3 | 75 | 1.3 | 1 | 67 | 1.2 | ... | |
| All other Violent Dths. | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 0.1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Sudden Deaths | 53 | 1.0 | ... | 30 | 0.5 | ... | 61 | 1.1 | ... | 47 | 0.8 | ... | |
| Cause unspecified | 253 | 4.5 | 1 | 148 | 2.7 | 2 | 226 | 4.1 | ... | 91 | 1.6 | ... | |
| I. | |||||||||||||
| Small Pox | 194 | 3.5 | 5 | 149 | 2.7 | 3 | 147 | 2.7 | ... | 156 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Measles | 338 | 6.2 | 2 | 208 | 3.8 | 3 | 253 | 4.5 | 2 | 503 | 9.1 | 5 | |
| Scarlatina | 566 | 10.2 | 8 | 385 | 6.9 | 5 | 516 | 9.3 | 14 | 714 | 12.9 | 9 | |
| Diphtheritis | 129 | 2.3 | 3 | 93 | 1.7 | ... | 90 | 1.6 | 1 | 121 | 2.2 | 4 | |
| Croup | 227 | 4.1 | 2 | 180 | 3.2 | 2 | 144 | 2.6 | 4 | 191 | 3.5 | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1013 | 18.2 | 37 | 842 | 15.2 | 28 | 443 | 8.0 | 5 | 623 | 11.2 | 5 | |
| Diarrhoea | 103 | 2.9 | 2 | 700 | 12.7 | 18 | 2186 | 39.5 | 46 | 502 | 9.1 | 13 | |
| Typhus and other Fevers,continued,re-mittent & puerperal. | 1010 | 18.2 | 53 | 744 | 13.4 | 23 | 722 | 12.8 | 20 | 982 | 17.7 | 20 | |
Correction is here made for deaths in Hospitals and the Infant Home. Population of St.
Giles, 1 ÷ 55.45ths part of the Population of London in 1805.