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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) 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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the eight previous years, and the average for the last five years, 1890-1894, are shown in the following table:—
| Thurstan and Holland Bdgs | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | Average for 5 years 1890-1894. | 1895. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate | 20.9 | 26.9 | 35.7 | 45.7 | 24.7 | 21.9 | 24.5 | 7.6 | 24.8 | 38.6 |
| Death-rate | 33.4 | 13.4 | 40.1 | 36.5 | 29.7 | 17.5 | 24.5 | 11.5 | 23.9 | 33.8 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 12.5 | — | 8.9 | 9.1 | — | — | - | 3.8 | 2.5 | 4.6 |
The population of these buildings during the past year
averaged 207 persons, 117 adults and 90 children.
The 8 births were equal to an annual birth-rate of 38*6
per 1,000.
The 7 deaths corresponded to a death-rate of 33.8 per
1,000.
Two of the deaths were those of young children, and 2
occurred between 60 and 80 years.
There was one zymotic death from diphtheria at the
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street.
Six notifications of infectious diseases were received,
viz., scarlet fever 4, and diphtheria 2.
Deaths in Certain Classes of Diseases.
1.—Specific, Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases.
This class of diseases called "zymotic" comprises
six orders, viz.:—1, miasmatic; 2, diarrhceal; 3, malarial;
4, zoogenous ; 5, venereal; and 6, septic.
The miasmatic and diarrhoeal orders include the
diseases which the Registrar-General describes as the
seven principal diseases, being more or less of a preventable
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