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St Giles (Camden) 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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TABLE III.—Diseases in Orders—(Continued.)

Class.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 2 years.2 and under 5.5 and nnder 10.10 and under 20.20 and under 25.25 and under 35.35 and under 45.45 and under 55.55 and under 65.65 and under 75.75 and under 85.85 and upwards.
Males.Females.Total.
I.Order 1
1 Small Pox336....................................
2 Measles12112316421........................
3 Scarletina3140712529111221...............
4 Piphtheritis3361311........................
5 Quinsy3...32............1..................
6 Croup571284..............................
7 Whooping Cough20224227132...........................
8 Continued Fevers, Ty phus, &c.8101831142322............
9 Erysipelas2132............1..................
10 Metria.............................................
11 Carbuncle2..............................11......
12 Influenza.............................................
13 Dysentery.............................................
14 Diarrhœa45246956731...1............1...
15 Cholera44851...............2............
16 Ague.............................................
17 Remittent Fever2...22.................................
18 Rheumatism639......12......1...131...
19 Other Miasmatic Dis.1...11.................................
Order 2.
1 Svphilis861493.........11...............
2 Stricture of Urethra.............................................
4 Glanders.............................................
Order 3
1 Privation.............................................
2 Want of Breast Milk1233.................................
3 Purpura.............................................
4 Alcoholism.—
a Delirium Tremens2...2............11..................
b Intemperance213.....................11.........
Order 4
1 Thursa2...22.................................
2 Worms.............................................
II.Order 1.
1 Gout1...1....................................
2 Dropsy257.........1......1221......
3 Cancer81820............2446262...
4 Noma.............................................
5 Mortification2...2...........................11...
Order 2.
1 Scrofula...33.........3........................
2 Tabes Mesentrica19163527431........................
3 Phthisis11810021814521428455332196......
4 Hydrocephalus16102617431........................
III.Order 1.
1 Cenhalitis88165541.........1............
2 Apoplexy6915...............314223...
3 Paralvsis151530......11...127576...
4 Insanity.............................................
5 Chorea.............................................
6 Epilepsy527.........2...121......1...
7 Convulsions & Laryngismus241539296211......
8 Other Brain Diseases128206212...1...521......
Order 2.
1 Pericarditis1342...2...........................
...2 Aneurism112............11..................
3 Heart Disease, &c.223456............1561216133...
Order 3.
1 Laryngitis1b731111.....................
2 Bronchitis88119207651676111416442512...
3 Pleurisy4261......1......12...11...
4 Pneumonia363369361232...54421......
5 Asthma145.....................1121...
6 Other Lung Diseases931251............113...1...

In addition to the numbers recorded above, 94 deaths occurred in Hospitals, of which 21 were cases of Fever.