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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) 1878

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

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Table: TABLE IV.Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases and proportions to Population and to 1,000 Deaths, 1878, viz.:-

TABLE IV.

Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases and proportions to Population and to 1,000 Deaths, 1878, viz.:-

Diseases.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to ] ,000 Deaths.
1.Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases1843.44157.9
2.Pulmonary {other than Phthisis.)2805.24240.34
3.Tubercular1432.67120.2
4.Wasting Diseases of Infants (under 5)981.8384.12
5.Convulsive Diseases of Infants (under 5)681.2758.36

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NOTES.
1. Includes Small-Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping-Cough,
Fever and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets and Tabes.
4. Includes Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk and Premature
Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions and
Teething.