Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE III.
Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1879. (The Deaths in Public Institutions of Non-Residents being excluded.)
causes of death. | 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 | Total under 5. | Grand Total. | Sub-Districts. | ||
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St. George, Bloomsbusy | St. Giies, South, | St. Giles, North. | ||||||||||
(classes.)I.ZYMOTIC DISEASES | 47 | 67 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .. | 114 | 157 | 35 | 80 | 42 |
II. CONSTITUTIONAL | 15 | 21 | 11 | 60 | 61 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 191 | 37 | 104 | 50 |
III. LOCAL | 83 | 72 | 17 | 57 | 160 | 166 | 14 | 155 | 569 | 151 | 289 | 129 |
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL | 80 | 20 | .. | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 100 | 148 | 41 | 70 | 37 |
V. VIOLENT DEATHS | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .. | 21 | 36 | 6 | 22 | 8 |
Not specified or ill-defined | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Total | 246 | 182 | 50 | 145 | 240 | 225 | 31 | 428 | 1,119 | 276 | 572 | 271 |
I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order I.—miasmatic. | ||||||||||||
Measles | 6 | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Small-Pox | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 26 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 |
Diphtheria | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Croup | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Whooping-Cough | 11 | 21 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 34 | 7 | 18 | 9 |
Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 7 | .. |
Simple continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | |
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 16 | 1 | ||||
Diarrhoea | 15 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 19 | 22 | .. | 3 | |||
Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | l | 1 | ||||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||
Order 2.—enthetic. | 8 | |||||||||||
Syphilis | 10 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | 13 | 5 | ||||
Order 3.—dietic. | .. | |||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | ||
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Order 4.—parasitic. | ||||||||||||
Thrush | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 47 | 67 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .. | 114 | 157 | 35 | 80 | 42 |
II. CONSTITUTIONAL Order 1.—diathetic. | ||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .. | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Order 2.—tubercular. | ||||||||||||
Scrofula | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 8 | .. | 3 | 5 |
Phthisis | 1 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 47 | 12 | .. | 2 | 127 | 20 | 79 | 28 |
Hydrocephalus | 9 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |
Total | 15 | 21 | 11 | 60 | 61 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 191 | 37 | 104 | 50 |