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St Giles (Camden) 1893
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1894
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TABLE VII.
(A.)—Table of Deaths during the Year 1893, 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. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | (d) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 180 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 65 | 44 | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | 17 | — | 3 | 60 | |
| 5 upwards | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 58 | 120 | ||||||||
| St. Giles, South | 200 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 93 | 31 | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 15 | — | 29 | 61 | |
| 5 upwards | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 45 | 17 | 3 | 139 | ||||||||||
| St. Giles, North | 153 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 26 | under 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 60 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 41 | 93 | ||||||||
| Workhouse | 137 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 79 | 52 | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 19 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 132 | ||||||||
| British Lying-in Hospital | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | — | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| French Hospital, | 36 | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 26 | — | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | 17 | 31 | ||||||||
| Totals | 710 | 129 | 66 | 17 | 27 | 318 | 153 | under 5 | —_ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | — | — | 1 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 98 | 104 | ||
| 5 upwards | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | 81 | 148 | 51 | 8 | 206 | 516 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto | 272 | 26 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 142 | 31 | under 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | 68 | ||
| 5 upwards | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 32 | 42 | 3 | 17 | 98 | 204 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 57 | 7 | — | — | 3 | 35 | 12 | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 50 | ||||||||