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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) 1893
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1894
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TABLE III.—D eaths E egistered from all C auses in the Y ear 1893 ( inclusive of the D eaths of P arishioners at
H ospitals and P ublic I nstitutions outside the D istrict).
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total all Ages. | SUB-DISTRICTS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | St. George, Blooms-bury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | |||
| CLASSES. | |||||||||||
| I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 31 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 76 | 124 | 32 | 53 | 39 |
| II. Parasitic Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| III. Dietic Diseases | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 15 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 124 | 14 | 34 | 200 | 43 | 110 | 47 |
| V. Developmental Diseases | 22 | — | — | — | 3 | 39 | 22 | 64 | 25 | 22 | 17 |
| VI. Local Diseases | 47 | 35 | 8 | 15 | 280 | 115 | 82 | 500 | 112 | 273 | 115 |
| VII. Deaths from Violence | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
| VIII. Deaths from ill-defined and not specified Causes | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 55 | 15 | 18 | 22 |
| 155 | 108 | 34 | 41 | 460 | 184 | 263 | 982 | 239 | 492 | 251 | |
| I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES. 1. MIASMATIC DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Small Pox, Vaccinated | — | — | l | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Ditto Unvaccinated | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Ditto No Statement | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Measles | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping-Cough | 6 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | — | 18 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 18 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Simple Continued or ill-defined Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Entric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases (Influenza) | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| 2. DIARRHŒAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Simple Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 17 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| 3. MALARIAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. ZOOGENOUS DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Cowpox, and effects of Vaccination | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. VENEREAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Gonorrhœa, Stricture of the Urethra | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6. SEPTIC DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pyæmia, Septicæmia | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 31 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 76 | 124 | 32 | 53 | 39 | |