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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) 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897
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TABLE IIT.—Deaths Registered from all Causes in the Year 1896 (inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Hospitals and Public Institutions outside the District).
| 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. | |||
| I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 42 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 87 | 99 | 30 | 52 | 17 | ||
| II. Parasitic Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| III. Dietic Diseases | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | - | |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 0 | 7 | 135 | 17 | 25 | 200 | 30 | 54 | |||
| V. Development Diseases | 24 | — | - | — | 2 | 33 | 24 | 59 | 14 | 17 | |
| VI. Local Diseases | 51 | 29 | 9 | 97 | 80 | 375 | 95 | 194 | |||
| VII. Deaths from Violence | — | 1 | 17 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | |||
| VIII. Deaths from ill-defined and not specified Causes | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 30 | 33 | 6 | 20 | 7 | ||
| 92 | 19 | 29 | 345 | 152 | 254 | 799 | 184 | 425 | 190 | ||
| I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE Or ZYMOTIC DISEASES. 1. MIASMATIC DIST5ASES. | |||||||||||
| Small Pox, Vaccinated | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ditto Unvaccinated | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Ditto No Statement | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 15 | 26 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 41 | 13 | 20 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 5 | — | |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 13 | 9 | |||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Simple Continued or Ill-defined Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | ||
| Other Miasmatic Diseases (Influenza) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 2. Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Simple Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 3. MALARIAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | - |
| Ague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. ZOOGENOUS DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Cowpox, and effects of Vaccination | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | — | — | - | - |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever) | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | -_ | -_ | -_ | _ | _ |
| 5. VENEBEAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | — | — | 1 | - | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | |
| Gonorrhoea. Stricture of the Urethra | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | |||
| Pyæmia, Septicæmia* | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | ||
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | 45 | l | 3 | 6 | 87 | 99 | 30 | 17 | |||