Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE I.
Comparison of Mortality from Various Causes in London and St. Giles, Whole Year, 1868, (53 Weeks.)
Classes. | Classes and Orders of Disease. | London. | St. Giles's, Population 54,000. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population, 3,136,635 | Estimated Quota.* | Actual Registered Mortality. | Corrected for Deaths in Hosptl s &c. | ||
All Causes | 74908 | 1274 | 1372 | 1450 | |
Specified Causes | 74234 | 1262 | 1363 | 1442 | |
Classes. | |||||
I. | Zymotic Diseases | 18893 | 321 | 297 | 329 |
II. | Constitutional „ | 14621 | 248 | 317 | 328 |
III. | Local „ | 29338 | 499 | 557 | 585 |
IV. | Developmental „ | 8815 | 150 | 164 | 164 |
V. | Violent Deaths | 2567 | 43 | 28 | 36 |
Orders. | |||||
I. | 1 Miasmatic Diseases | 17323 | 294 | 273 | 299 |
2 Enthetic „ | 529 | 9 | 14 | 16 | |
3 Dietic „ | 807 | 13 | 8 | 12 | |
4 Parasitic „ | 234 | 4 | 2 | — | |
II. | 1 Diathetic Diseases | 2522 | 43 | 36 | 40 |
2 Tubercular Diseases | 12099 | 204 | 281 | 288 | |
III. | 1 Diseases of Nervous System | 8489 | 144 | 127 | 130 |
2 „ Organs of Circulation | 3558 | 60 | 62 | 67 | |
3 „ Respiratory Organs | 12182 | 205 | 306 | 315 | |
4 „ Digestive Organs | 3031 | 52 | 31 | 34 | |
5 „ Urinary Organs | 1197 | 20 | 22 | 27 | |
6 „ Organs of Generation | 295 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
7 ,, Organs of Locomotion | 331 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
8 „ Integumentary Organs | 255 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
IV. | 1 Dev: Dis. of Children | 2193 | 35 | 41 | 41 |
2 „ „ Adults | 284 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
3 „ „ Old People | 2544 | 43 | 41 | 41 | |
4 Diseases of Nutrition | 3794 | 64 | 77 | 77 | |
v. | 1 Accident or Negligence | 2196 | 37 | 25 | 33 |
3 Homicide | 112 | — | — | — | |
4 Suicide | 294 | 5 | 3 | — | |
All other Violent Deaths | 35 | 1 | 1 | — | |
Sadden Deaths | 60 | 1 | — | 1 | |
Causes unspecified | 614 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |
11. | Small Pox | 606 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
Measles | 1989 | 34 | 23 | 23 | |
Scarlatina | 2921 | 50 | 71 | 73 | |
Diphtheritis | 497 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |
Croup | 717 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
Whooping Cough | 2369 | 40 | 42 | 42 | |
Diarrhœa | 4060 | 69 | 69 | 69 | |
Typhus & other continued Fevers | 2483 | 42 | 18 | 39 |
* 1÷58.8 th part of the entire mortality of the Town.