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St Giles (Camden) 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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children under 1 and among children under 5, were less than the
previous year, and like the general mortality, will compare favourable
with former years.
The next Table will exhibit the proportion of deaths from some of
the more important diseases in the three Sub-Districts; and it will
be seen that more than half the number of deaths from bronchitis,
pneumonia, and phthisis, occurred in St. Giles South, which SubDistrict
has long been notorious for its heavy death-rate from these
diseases, chiefly caused by the density of its population and its
poverty.
TABLE No. 14.—Displaying the Mortality from some of the more Important Diseases in 1876, in tiieir Order of Fatality.
| Name of Disease. | Sub-Districts. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles South, | St. Giles North. | ||
| Bronchitis | 52 | 109 | 54 | 215 |
| Phthisis | 28 | 72 | 20 | 120 |
| Atrophy | 24 | 30 | 17 | 71 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | 35 | 13 | 59 |
| Diarrhœa | 14 | 26 | 15 | 55 |
| Heart Disease | 15 | 27 | 11 | 53 |
| Hydrocephalus | 11 | 18 | 12 | 41 |
| Old Age | 11 | 15 | 8 | 34 |
| Convulsions | 7 | 14 | 12 | 33 |
| Whooping-Cough | 11 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
| Premature Birth | 7 | 13 | 11 | 31 |
| Scarlet-Fever | 18 | 3 | 10 | 31 |
| Apoplexy | 8 | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| Measles | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| Brain Disease | 3 | 14 | 5 | 22 |
| Total | 225 | 406 | 214 | 848 |
The following Table shows the number of deaths, the deaths per
1,000 of population, as well as the proportion of deaths to 1,000
deaths, from five groups of diseases, which do not correspond with
those of the Registrar-General.