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St Giles (Camden) 1872

[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 Pox4481141...1...143
2 Measles1918376274............11197
3 Scarlatine415113............5......
4 Diphtheritis32512...............14...
5 Quinsy.......................................
6 Croup63927...............135
7 Whooping Cough23194216251............19167
8 Continued Fevers, Typhus, &c.1891...422......513
9 Erysipelas134......211......115
10 Metria...22.........2.........1......
11 Carbuncle1...1...............1............
12 Influenza.......................................
13 Dysentery112...............2......2...
14 Diarrhœa3437715310......134203120
15 Cholera1...11............•••.........1
16 Agua.......................................
17 Remittent Fever.......................................
18 Rheumatism718......1232...143
19 Other Miasmatic Dis.......6171...114......241
Order 2.
1 Syphilis851313..................1111
2 Stricture of Urethra1...1...............1......1...
4 Glanders2...2.........2.........11
Order 3.
1 Privation.......................................
2 Want of Breast Milk2...22.....................11
3 Purpura.......................................
4 Alcoholism.— a Delirium Tremens2...1.........2............11
b Intemperance...11.........1............1...
Order 4.
1 Thrusn3366..................321
2 Worms....................................
II.Order 1.
1 Gout.......................................
2 Dropsy16712......13...223
3 Cancer111829.........4169...1298
4 Noma.......................................
5 Mortification415...............5...14...
Order 2.
1 Scrofula224...3...1.........121
2 Tabes Mesenterica1313269143............7910
3 Phthisis86591452420525611...377929
4 Hydrocephalus1713307176............81012
111.Order 1
1 Cephalitis336......122......141
2 Apoplexy181634.........21811391411
3 Paralysis141428............61933214
4 Insanity.......................................
5 Chorea.......................................
6 Epilepsy213.........21.........3...
7 Convulsions & Laryngismus2627534013...............102914
8 Other Brain Diseases549...1125......252
Order 2.
1 Pericarditis3142.........2......121
2 Aneurism325.........221......5...
3 Heart Disease, &c.273461......3924232193111
Order 3.
1 Laryngitis213111............12...
2 Bronchitis1031132104535...114565155112045
3 Pleurisy415.........212...5......
4 Pneumonia3528631817181081153117
5 Asthma.......................................
6 Other Lung Diseases64102......323...163