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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) 1874

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

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Table: TABLE IV.—Diseases in Orders—(Continued).

TABLE IV.—Diseases 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. George, BloomsburySt. Giles South.St. Giles North.
I.Order 1.
1 Small Pox.......................................
2 Measles131831823...............11911
3 Scarlatina22234532913............41823
4 Diphtheritis.......................................
5 Quinsey1...1...1..................1...
6 Croup268251............332
7 Whooping Cough1016261016...............7163
8 Continued Fevers, Typhus, &c.10414...26312...635
9 Erysipelas7291.........44...243
10 Metria...33.........21.........21
11 Carbuncle.......................................
12 Influenza.......................................
13 Dysentery1...1.....................1......
14 Diarrhoea3425595151......1...182120
15 Cholera11211.....................2
16 Ague.......................................
17 Remittent Fever.......................................
18 Rheumatism314......11.........121
19 Other Miasmatic Dis...22.........2............11
Order 2.
1 Syphilis12921183...............1083
2 Stricture of Urethra.......................................
3 Hydrophobia.......................................
4 Glanders.......................................
Order 3........................................
1 Privation.......................................
2 Want of Breast Milk1122.....................2...
3 Purpura and Scurvy.......................................
4 Alcoholism:—
a Delirium Tremens2...2.........2............11
b Intemperance...11.........1.........1......
Order 4.
1 Thrush.......................................
2 Worms.......................................
II.Order 1.
1 Gout1...1...............1...1......
2 Dropsy224...1.........1...13...
3 Cancer61420.........4...10...776
4 Noma Canerum Ovis.......................................
5 Mortification.......................................
Order 2.
1 Scrofula628323............323
2 Tabes Mesenterica1214261781............1484
3 Phthisis7173144251166519...446535
4 Hydrocephalus1812308184............81012
III.Order 1.
1 Cephalitis213...11...1......1...2
2 Apoplexy1719362...19717...8217
3 Paralysis111829............919...11117
4 Insanity.......................................
5 Chorea.......................................
6 Epilepsy729.........612...351
7 Convulsions&Laryngismus1920392991............9228
8 Other Brain Diseases9716233152...772
Order 2.
1 Pericarditis123.........21......111
2 Aneurism156.........141......51
3 Heart Disease, &c.293362...18715292132722
Order 3.
1 Laryngitis1...1...1.....................1
2 Bronchitis109151260424569569754515164
3 Pleurisy...11............1............1
4 Pneumonia3724611018310119...123217
5 Asthma134............13...121
6 Other Lung Diseases46101...14211343