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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) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE III—
| 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. | ||||||||||
| Brought forward | 29 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 2 | 40 | 156 | 38 | 75 | 43 |
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 34 | 25 | 4/ | 74 | 9 | 59 | 202 | 35 | 126 | 41 | ||
| Pleurisy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 5 | 8 | o | 15 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 9 | 25 | 11 | ||
| Asthma | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Lung Disease, &c | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Enteritis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Stricture of Intestines | 2 | i | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Liver Disease | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Bright's Disease | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Calculus (Stone) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kidney Disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Uterus Disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 72 | 47 | 14 | 33 | 130 | 150 | 12 | 119 | 458 | 94 | 251 | 113 |
| IV. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
| 22 8 | 22 13 | 22 13 | 3 3 | 15 7 | 4 3 | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 22 | 19 | 42 | 9 | 26 | 7 | ||||||
| 47 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 61 | 19 | 20 | 22 | |||
| Total | 77 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 89 | 141 | 35 | 68 | 38 |
| V. VIOLENT DEATHS. Order 1.—ACCIDENT OR NEGLIGENCE. | ||||||||||||
| Fractures and Contusions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Burns and Scalds | i | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Suffocation | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Otherwise | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Murder and Manslaughter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Wounds : Cut, Stab | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Poison | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Hanging | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | |
| Causes not specified or ill.defined | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | |
| Grand Total | 235 | 144 | 47 | 124 | 215 | 211 | 32 | 37a | 1,008 | 224 | 513 | 271 |