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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) 1871

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

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Table: TABLE No. III. Shewing the Mortality in each Quarter and in each Sub-District (including the Deaths in Hospitals).

TABLE No. III. Shewing the Mortality in each Quarter and in each Sub-District (including the Deaths in Hospitals).

ClassCAUSES OF DEATH.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterIn Hospitals
St. George, BloomsburySt. Giles SouthSt. Giles NorthSt. George, BloomsburySt. Giles SouthSt. Giles NorthSt. George, BloomsburySt. Giles SouthSt. Giles NorthSt. George, BloomsburySt. Giles SouthSt. Giles NorthSt. George, BloomsburySt. Giles SouthSt. Giles North
1Order 1.
Small Pox141333...251613111817
Measles1...1...112...1241...1...
Scarlet Fever15215.........13............2
Diphtheria............1...1...............6
Quinsy..............................3
Croup1.........1...2.........1
Whooping Cough21...533229235
Fever312......115221...161
Erysipelas22......1112122.........1
Metria...1
Dysentery1.......................................1
Diarrhœa...2...1......161815242......2
Rheumatism11..................114......1
Other Miasmatic Diseases1.................................1
Order 2.
Syphilis...111111......1......11
Stricture Urethra.....................1..................1
Glanders.......................................1
Order 3.
Want of Breast Milk..................1
Purpura.........1
Delirium Tremens1..................1......1
Order 4.
Thrush......1...............1
2Order 1.
Gout............1
Dropsy...13............1...1...1
Cancer21...21...12112134
Mortification......1..................2
Order 2.
Tabes233141434...86
Phthisis823131224165161381112292
Hydrocephalus462173136...11...1
3Order 1.
Cephalitis1
Apoplexy34433131255......
Paralysis...7...13133...152
Epilepsy...3...1.........1......11
Convulsions432310345154......2
Other Brain Diseases.........11.........1......2......1
Order 2.
Pericarditis1..................1......1
Other Heart Disease57378146...2104141
Order 3.
Laryngitis......1...............1............1
Bronchitis25411892146165165114...41
Pleurisy...............1......1............11
Pneumonia684...872617125...22
Asthma2...31...............1......
Other Lung Diseases32...1...12......312...1
Order 4.
Gastritis..................1...1
Enteritis..................12......11...
Peritonitis13......11...4112......1
Ascitis...............1............1...
Ulcer Intestines...1.........11......
Hernia1......
Intussusception...............1.....................
Stricture Intestines...1...
Stomach Disease...........................1.........1
Hepatitis..................12..................
Liver Disease3115...2511211111
Order 5.
Nephritis........................1
Ischuria..................1.....................
Nephria......121........................2...
Diabetes........................1
Stone.........1
Cystisis.........12..................1...
Kidney Disease.....................2...............
Order 6.
Urerine Disease............1.........1.........1...
Order 7.
Bone Disease...1......1......1............13
Order 8.
Phlegmn...2......1...1......1...1
Ulcer............1...•.....1
Skin Disease........................1.........
4Order 1.
Premature Birth133...4......32...11
Teething13312......24
Other Malformations...1...1......11...
Order 2.
Childbirth......2...31...............1...1
Order 3.
Old Age522...73533131
Order 4.
Atrophy and Debility3535567125563
5Order 1.
Fractures...1...111...1...11112
Wounds...1...
Burns and Scalds.........1......1
Poison1......2......X
Suffocation123...1......11
Order 3.
Homicide...........................2...1
Order 4.
Wounds............11.....................