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St Giles (Camden) 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE VII.
(A.)—Table of Deaths during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, Classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all Causes, at subjoined ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 158 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 34 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | — | 12 | - | 1 | 28 | 52 | |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | - | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 14 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 56 | 106 | ||||||||
| St. Giles, South | 171 | 53 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 36 | under 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 4 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 14 | — | 7 | 31 | 83 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | 10 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 33 | 88 | ||||||||
| St. Giles, North | 112 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 18 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 11 | — | 1 | 19 | 41 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 17 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 71 | ||||||||
| Workhouse | 130 | 5 | 3 | - | 5 | 70 | 47 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 45 | 122 | ||||||||
| British Lying-in Hospital | 13 | 13 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | |||||
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| The French Hospital | 42 | 5 | — | — | 4 | 28 | 5 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 6 | 7 | — | 14 | 37 | ||||||||
| Totals | 626 | 140 | 61 | 11 | 24 | 260 | 130 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 8 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 | 39 | — | 9 | 101 | 202 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 93 | 77 | 63 | 7 | 173 | 424 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the dis trict amonu persons belonging thereto | 205 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 106 | 35 | under 5 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 8 | - | 4 | 19 | 41 |
| 28 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 101 | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 85 | 17 | 2 | - | 5 | 43 | 18 | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 18 |
| 3 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 11 | 11 | — | 30 | 67 | ||||||||