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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) 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE IV.—Comparison of Mortality from various causes in London, and in St. Giles
Four Quarters, 1862.
| Class. | Classes and Orders of Disease. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quart | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London. | St. Giles. | London. | St. Giles. | London. | St. Giles. | London. | St. Giles | |||||
| Estimated Quota. | Actual Number. | Estimated Quota. | Actual Number. | Estimated Quota. | Actual Number. | Estimated Quota. | ||||||
| all Causes | 18405 | 350.0 | 433 | 15695 | 298.3 | 369 | 15133 | 287.6 | 370 | 17717 | 336.7 | |
| Specified Causes | 18046 | 343.0 | 421 | 15482 | 294.3 | 364 | 14985 | 284.8 | 368 | 17562 | 333.8 | |
| I | (Classes.) Zymotic Diseases | 4174 | 79.3 | 89 | 3919 | 74.5 | 75 | 4721 | 89.7 | 96 | 5055 | 96.1 |
| II. | Constitutional „ | 3345 | 63.0 | 90 | 3390 | 67.4 | 85 | 3017 | 57.3 | 90 | 3151 | 59.9 |
| III. | Local ,, | 7747 | 147.3 | 190 | 5678 | 108.0 | 139 | 4953 | 94.1 | 137 | 6955 | 132.2 |
| IV. | Developmental ,, | 2198 | 41.8 | 43 | 1839 | 34.9 | 56 | 1749 | 33.2 | 38 | 1894 | 36.0 |
| V | Violent Deaths | 591 | 11.2 | 9 | 566 | 10.7 | 9 | 545 | 10.3 | 7 | 507 | 9.6 |
| I. | (Obders.) 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 3901 | 74.2 | 82 | 3626 | 68.9 | 68 | 4396 | 83.5 | 86 | 4755 | 90.4 |
| 2. Enthetic | 84 | 1.6 | 3 | 87 | 1.6 | 5 | 78 | 1.4 | 4 | 94 | 1.7 | |
| 3. Dietic ,, | 169 | 3.2 | 3 | 165 | 3.1 | 2 | 197 | 0.7 | 4 | 175 | 3.3 | |
| 4. Parasitic „ | 20 | .4 | 1 | 41 | .7 | ... | 50 | .9 | 2 | 31 | .6 | |
| II | 1. Diathetic ,, | 614 | 11.7 | 6 | 587 | 11.1 | 12 | 573 | 10.9 | 17 | 555 | 10.5 |
| 2. Tubercular „ | 2731 | 51.9 | 84 | 2803 | 53.3 | 73 | 2444 | 46.4 | 73 | 2596 | 49.3 | |
| III. | 1. Dis. of Nervous Syst. | 1978 | 37.6 | 47 | 1669 | 31.7 | 29 | 1592 | 30.2 | 41 | 1685 | 32.0 |
| 2. „ Organs of Cir-culation | 848 | 16.1 | 24 | 711 | 13.5 | 18 | 614 | 11.6 | 10 | 820 | 15.6 | |
| 3. ,, Respiratory O -gans | 3828 | 72.8 | 100 | 2343 | 44.5 | 76 | 1688 | 32.0 | 66 | 3331 | 63.3 | |
| 4. ,, Digestive ditto | 697 | 13.2 | 12 | 647 | 12.3 | 11 | 707 | 13.4 | 15 | 694 | 13.2 | |
| 5. ,, Urinary ditto | 260 | 4.9 | 4 | 231 | 4.4 | 5 | 213 | 4.0 | 2 | 254 | 4.8 | |
| 6. „ Organs of Gene-ration | 59 | 1.1 | 2 | 53 | 1.0 | ... | 41 | .7 | 1 | 50 | .9 | |
| 7. ,, Locomotion | 29 | .5 | 1 | 60 | 1.1 | ... | 47 | .9 | 2 | 48 | .9 | |
| S. Integumentary System | 48 | .9 | ... | 54 | 1.0 | ... | 51 | 1.0 | ... | 73 | 1.4 | |
| IV | 1. Dev. Dis. of Children | 577 | 10.9 | 15 | 512 | 9.7 | 24 | 427 | 8.1 | 12 | 453 | 8.6 |
| 2. ,, ,, Adults | 71 | 1.3 | 2 | 69 | 1.3 | 1 | 58 | 1.1 | 1 | 54 | 1.0 | |
| 3. ,, ,, Old People | 854 | 16.2 | 15 | 575 | 10.9 | 9 | 519 | 9.8 | 14 | 6S3 | 13.0 | |
| 4. Diseases of Nutrition | 687 | 13.0 | 11 | 688 | 13.0 | 22 | 745 | 14.1 | 11 | 704 | 13.3 | |
| V | 1.Accdt. or Negligence | 500 | 9.5 | 9 | 452 | 8.6 | 9 | 449 | 8.5 | 6 | 428 | 8.1 |
| 2. Suicide | 61 | 1.1 | ... | 81 | 1.5 | ... | 70 | 1.3 | 1 | 54 | 1.0 | |
| All other Violent Dths. | 30 | .5 | ... | 33 | .6 | ... | 26 | .5 | ... | 25 | .5 | |
| Sudden Deaths | 46 | .8 | ... | 64 | 1.2 | ... | 55 | 1.0 | ... | 55 | 1.0 | |
| Cause unspecified | 55 | 1.0 | 12 | 149 | 2.8 | 5 | 93 | 1.7 | 2 | 100 | 1.9 | |
| I. | 37 | .7 | 1 | 39 | .7 | 1 | 77 | 1.4 | ... | 192 | 3.6 | |
| Measles | 235 | 4.4 | 7 | 501 | 9.5 | 7 | 645 | 12.2 | 11 | 900 | 17.1 | |
| Scarlatina | 14.7 | 10 | 677 | 12.8 | 6 | 841 | 15.9 | 26 | 1165 | 22.1 | ||
| Diphtheritis | 216 | 4.1 | 2 | 172 | 3.2 | 3 | 144 | 2.7 | 1 | 202 | 3.8 | |
| Croup | 284 | 5.4 | 6 | 193 | 3.7 | 5 | 220 | 4.1 | 8 | 240 | 4.5 | |
| Whooping Cough | 814 | 15.5 | 22 | 519 | 9.8 | 12 | 327 | 6.2 | 3 | 490 | 9.5 | |
| Diarrnœa | 171 | 3.2 | 4 | 217 | 4.1 | 1 | 956 | 18.1 | 14 | 391 | 7.4 | |
| Typhus and other Fevers, continued & remittent | 1015 | 19.3 | 21 | 1046 | 19.8 | 30 | 848 | 16.1 | 20 | 863 | 15.8 | |
Deaths in Hospitals here included. Population of St. Giles, -: 52.6 part of the Population of
London in 1862.