[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District] page 4

St Giles (Camden) 1868

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

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TABLE I.

Comparison of Mortality from Various Causes in London and St. Giles, Whole Year, 1868, (53 Weeks.)

Classes.	Classes and Orders of Disease.	London.	St. Giles's, Population 54,000.
Classes.	Classes and Orders of Disease.	Population, 3,136,635	Estimated Quota.*	Actual Registered Mortality.	Corrected for Deaths in Hosptl s &c.
	All Causes	74908	1274	1372	1450
	Specified Causes	74234	1262	1363	1442
	Classes.
I.	Zymotic Diseases	18893	321	297	329
II.	Constitutional „	14621	248	317	328
III.	Local „	29338	499	557	585
IV.	Developmental „	8815	150	164	164
V.	Violent Deaths	2567	43	28	36
	Orders.
I.	1 Miasmatic Diseases	17323	294	273	299
	2 Enthetic „	529	9	14	16
	3 Dietic „	807	13	8	12
	4 Parasitic „	234	4	2	—
II.	1 Diathetic Diseases	2522	43	36	40
	2 Tubercular Diseases	12099	204	281	288
III.	1 Diseases of Nervous System	8489	144	127	130
	2 „ Organs of Circulation	3558	60	62	67
	3 „ Respiratory Organs	12182	205	306	315
	4 „ Digestive Organs	3031	52	31	34
	5 „ Urinary Organs	1197	20	22	27
	6 „ Organs of Generation	295	5	2	3
	7 ,, Organs of Locomotion	331	6	3	4
	8 „ Integumentary Organs	255	4	4	4
IV.	1 Dev: Dis. of Children	2193	35	41	41
	2 „ „ Adults	284	5	5	5
	3 „ „ Old People	2544	43	41	41
	4 Diseases of Nutrition	3794	64	77	77
v.	1 Accident or Negligence	2196	37	25	33
	3 Homicide	112	—	—	—
	4 Suicide	294	5	3	—
	All other Violent Deaths	35	1	1	—
	Sadden Deaths	60	1	—	1
	Causes unspecified	614	10	9	9
Certain Special Diseases of Zymotic Class and Miasmatic Order.
11.	Small Pox	606	10	6	8
	Measles	1989	34	23	23
	Scarlatina	2921	50	71	73
	Diphtheritis	497	8	6	6
	Croup	717	12	12	12
	Whooping Cough	2369	40	42	42
	Diarrhœa	4060	69	69	69
	Typhus & other continued Fevers	2483	42	18	39

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* 1÷58.8 th part of the entire mortality of the Town.