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St Giles (Camden) 1879

[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 upwardsTotal under 5.Grand Total.Sub-Districts.
St. George, BloomsbusySt. Giies, South,St. Giles, North.
(classes.)I.ZYMOTIC DISEASES4767191662..114157358042
II. CONSTITUTIONAL1521116061221361913710450
III. LOCAL8372175716016614155569151289129
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL8020..312915100148417037
V. VIOLENT DEATHS2011581..21366228
Not specified or ill-defined1124451218675
Total24618250145240225314281,119276572271
I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order I.—miasmatic.
Measles6102........1618549
Small-Pox..........................
Scarlet Fever2268........283691413
Diphtheria..13........14121
Quinsy......1........1....1
Croup..3..........33111
Whooping-Cough11212........32347189
Typhus........................
Typhoid....152......817..
Simple continued Fever....................2..
Erysipelas2....1......23..1
Metria (Puerperal Fever)......2..2161
Diarrhoea1541..11922..3
Simple Cholera........1..l1
Rheumatism....221..531
Order 2.—enthetic.8
Syphilis102..1..12135
Order 3.—dietic...
Want of Breast Milk................5..
Alcoholism......411..6....1
Order 4.—parasitic.
Thrush1........11
Total4767191662..114157358042
II. CONSTITUTIONAL Order 1.—diathetic.
Gout........2....21..1
Dropsy......131....5131
Cancer......11071..19766
Order 2.—tubercular.
Scrofula541........910541
Tabes Mesenterica..7....1....78..35
Phthisis118584712..2127207928
Hydrocephalus992......1820398
Total1521116061221361913710450