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St Giles (Camden) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE III.
D eaths R egistered from all C auses during the Y ear 1881. (T he D eaths in P ublic I nstitutions of N on.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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | ||||||||||
| (classes.) I. ZYMOTIC | 59 | 61 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 120 | 165 | 41 | 61 | 63 | |
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL | 14 | 17 | 8 | 65 | 68 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 193 | 42 | 111 | 40 |
| III. LOCAL | 72 | 47 | 14 | 33 | 130 | 150 | 12 | 119 | 458 | 94 | 251 | 113 |
| IY. DEVELOPMENTAL | 77 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 89 | 141 | 35 | 68 | 38 |
| V. VIOLENT DEATHS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | |
| Not specified | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | |
| Total | 235 | 144 | 47 | 124 | 215 | 211 | 32 | 379 | 1,008 | 224 | 513 | 271 |
| I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES Order 1.—miasmatic. | ||||||||||||
| Small Pox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Measles | 3 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Diphtheria | 3 | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Croup | "3 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| Whooping.Cough | 14 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| Typhus | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Typhoid (Enteric) | ... | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Simple Continued Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Metria (Puerperal Fever) | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 36 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| Rheumatism | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Syphilis | 7 | ... | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Alcoholism (Delirium Tremens) Order 4—parasitic. | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Thrush | 3 | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 59 | 61 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 120 | 165 | 41 | 61 | 63 | |
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Dropsy | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Cancer | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | 4 | '1 | 15 | 7 | "i | |||
| Mortification | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Scrofula | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Phthisis | ... | ... | 62 | 58 | 13 | 141 | 23 | 92 | 26 | |||
| Hydrocephalus | 9 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Total | 14 | 17 | 8 | 65 | 68 | 20 | 31 | 193 | 42 | 111 | 40 | |
| III. LOCAL DISEASES. Order 1.—nervous system. | ||||||||||||
| Apoplexy | ... | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 22 | 11 | |||
| Paralysis | ... | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| Insanity | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Epilepsy | ... | "i | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | i | |||||
| Convulsions | 25 | io | 1 | 35 | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| Brain Diseases | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Aneurism | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Pericarditis | ... | 1 | i | |||||||||
| Heart Disease | ... | i'i | 18 | 38 | 15 | 15 | *8 | |||||
| Carried forward | 29 | 11 | 44 | 50 | 40 | 156 | 38 | 75 | 43 | |||