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St Giles (Camden) 1871

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

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TABLE IV. — Disease in Orders —(Continued.)

Class.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and upwards.Sub-Districts.
Males.Females.Total.St. Geo Blmsbry.St. Giles South.St. Giles North.
I.Order 1.
1 Small Pox474188102133204......312829
2 Measles78151112...1......564
3 Scarlatina9112011351......6105
4 Diphtheritis257...42...1......61...
5 Quinsy123...21...............3...
6 Croup313615...............42...
7 Whooping Cough2216381820...............111017
8 Continued Fevers, Ty- phus, &c.179201195647127
9 Erysipelas115166......13o1...13
10 Metria...11......1.....................
11 Carbuncle.......................................
12 Influenza.......................................
13 Dysentery112...1...1.........1...1
14 Diarrhœa30326247141............192319
15 Cholera.......................................
16 Ague.......................................
17 Remittent Fever.......................................
18 Rhenmatism549......2331...261
19 Other Miasmatic Dis.112.........11......2......
Order 2.
1 Syphilis4597.........2......432
2 Stricture of Urethra112.........11.........11
4 Glanders1...1.........1............1...
Order 3.
1 Privation.......................................
2 Want of Breast Milk1...11..................1......
3 Purpura...11............1......1......
4 Alcoholism.— a Delirium Tremens213.........21......12...
b Intemperance.......................................
Order 4.
1 Thrusn11211.....................2
2 Worms.......................................
II.Order 1.
1 Gout1...1...............1......1...
2 Dropsy437.........142...124
3 Cancer71320.........497...8102
4 Noma.......................................
5 Mortification123............1112...1
Order 2.
1 Scrofula.......................................
2 Tabes Mesenterica201939161841.........71814
3 Phthisis95791741618766211...358356
4 Hydrocephalus22133514183............61712
III.Order 1
1 Cephalitis...11......1............1......
2 Apoplexy1420342......41115214137
3 Paralysis111526............101335183
4 Insanity.......................................
5 Chorea.......................................
6 Epilepsy527...1...222...151
7 Convulsions & Laryngismus2620463411......1......112510
8 Other Brain Diseases426...1...2...3...114
Order 2.
1 Pericarditis213......12.........12...
2 Aneurism.......................................
3 Heart Disease, &c.253863...12111928219359
Order 3.
1 Laryngitis3...3...2...1............12
2 Bronchitis98132230383436568765613242
3 Pleurisy123...1...2............21
4 Pneumonia36347027175696...153619
5 Asthma347............43...4...3
6 Other Lung Diseases6101651...2251943