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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) 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE IV.—Comparison of Mortality from the various Classes of Disease, in St. Giles and the Metropolis—1857.
| CLASSES OF DISEASE. | March Quarter, 1157. | June Quarter, 1857. | September Quarter, 1857. | December Quarter, 1857. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London. | St. Giles. | London. | St, Giles. | London. | St. Giles. | London. | St. Giles. | |||||
| Estimated. | Actual | Estimated. | Actual | Estimated. | Actua | Estimated. | Actual | |||||
| All causes | 16093 | 328.4 | 393 | 13252 | 270.4 | 338 | 14259 | 291.0 | 325 | 16546 | 337.7 | 405 |
| Specified causes | 15873 | 323.9 | 388 | 13146 | 268.4 | 337 | 14185 | 289.5 | 321 | 16486 | 336.4 | 399 |
| 1.—Zymotic | 2713 | 55.4 | 73 | 2413 | 49.2 | 76 | 4651 | 94.9 | 111 | 3313 | 67.6 | 72 |
| 2.—Dropsy, Cancer, and others of varying seat | 660 | 13.5 | 13 | 600 | 12.3 | 13 | 565 | 11.5 | 11 | 688 | 14.0 | 15 |
| 3.—Tubercular class | 2640 | 53.9 | 73 | 2540 | 51.8 | 59 | 2469 | 50.4 | 59 | 2568 | 52.4 | 76 |
| 4.— Of Brain,Nerves,&c. | 1687 | 34.4 | 43 | 1486 | 30.3 | 37 | 1337 | 27.3 | 42 | 1713 | 35.0 | 41 |
| 5.—Of Heart, &c | 731 | 14.9 | 15 | 588 | 12.0 | 12 | 412 | 8.4 | 7 | 640 | 131 | 17 |
| 6.—Of Respiratory Organs | 3789 | 77.3 | 114 | 2259 | 46.1 | 72 | 1110 | 22.7 | 30 | 3732 | 76.2 | 78 |
| 7.—Of Digestive Organs | 857 | 17.5 | 24 | 810 | 16.5 | 19 | 883 | 18.0 | 11 | 851 | 17.4 | 15 |
| 8.—Of Kidneys | 213 | 4.3 | 1 | 198 | 4.1 | 2 | 176 | 3.6 | 4 | 218 | 4.4 | 6 |
| 9.— Of Uterus: Child.bed dieases,&c. | 110 | 2.2 | 4 | 102 | 2.1 | 2 | 107 | 2.2 | 2 | 117 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 10.—Of Joints, Bones, &c | 94 | 1.9 | 0 | 91 | 1.9 | 0 | 91 | 1.9 | 0 | 93 | 1.9 | 1 |
| 11.— Of Skin,&c. | 50 | 1.0 | 0 | 28 | .6 | 1 | 33 | .7 | 0 | 55 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 12.—Malformations | 48 | 1.0 | 2 | 43 | .9 | 0 | 46 | .9 | 0 | 46 | 10 | 1 |
| 13.—Debility from Premature Birth | 364 | 7 .4 | 8 | 387 | 7.9 | 15 | 416 | 8.5 | 10 | 463 | 9.4 | 22 |
| 14.—Atrophy | 455 | 9.3 | 3 | 400 | 8.2 | 7 | 670 | 13.7 | 8 | 483 | 9.8 | 11 |
| 15.—Age | 684 | 14.0 | 11 | 532 | 10.9 | 10 | 491 | 10.0 | 14 | 653 | 13.3 | 16 |
| 16.—Sudden | 149 | 3.0 | 2 | 124 | 2.5 | 1 | 80 | 1.6 | 2 | 155 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 17.—Violence, Privation, &c, | 629 | 12.9 | 2 | 545 | 11.1 | 11 | 648 | 13.2 | 10 | 698 | 14.2 | 24 |
| CERTAIN PARTICULAR DISEASES. Class of Disease. Small Pox | 60 | 1.2 | 0 | 27 | .5 | 0 | 41 | .9 | 1 | 26 | .5 | 0 |
| Measles | 349 | 7.2 | 16 | 374 | 7.6 | 20 | 269 | 5.5 | 17 | 408 | 8.3 | 6 |
| Scarlatina | 353 | 7.2 | 10 | 241 | 4.9 | 4 | 319 | 7.1 | 4 | 644 | 13.2 | 14 |
| Hooping Cough | 803 | 16.4 | 34 | 707 | 14.4 | 32 | 458 | 9.4 | 15 | 583 | 11.9 | 17 |
| Diarrhœa | 169 | 3.4 | 3 | 243 | 50 | 7 | 2343 | 47.8 | 58 | 390 | 8.0 | 10 |
| Typhus and other Fevers | 489 | 10.0 | 7 | 444 | 9.1 | 6 | 572 | 11.7 | 7 | 656 | 13.3 | 17 |
| 3.—Tabes Mesenterica or Abdominal Consumption | 159 | 3.2 | 1 | 196 | 4.0 | 2 | 333 | 6.8 | 6 | 196 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Consumption (of Lungs) | 1974 | 40.3 | 57 | 1850 | 37.7 | 43 | 1636 | 33.4 | 42 | 1964 | 40.1 | 61 |
| 1 Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain.) | 425 | 8.7 | 13 | 391 | 80 | 12 | 396 | 8.1 | 9 | 317 | 6.4 | 10 |
| 4. Convulsions in Children | 530 | 10.8 | 13 | 448 | 9.1 | 12 | 414 | 8.5 | 15 | 515 | 10.5 | 15 |
| 6. Bronchitis | 2161 | 44.1 | 71 | 1131 | 23.1 | 33 | 474 | 9.7 | 17 | 1950 | 39.8 | 45 |
| Pneumonia (Inflammation of Lungs) | 1172 | 23.9 | 36 | 854 | 17.4 | 31 | 455 | 9.3 | 10 | 1406 | 28.7 | 26 |