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St Giles (Camden) 1870

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

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Table: TABLE III.Comparison of Mortality from Various Causes in London and St. Giles, Whole Year, 1870, (52 Weeks.)

TABLE III.

Comparison of Mortality from Various Causes in London and St. Giles, Whole Year, 1870, (52 Weeks.)

Classes.Classes and Ord-ers of Disease.London.St. Giles Ppltn. 53,868
Population, 3,214,707Estimated Quota.*Actual Mortality incldng Deaths in Hospitals, &c
All Causes77,2781,2881,477
Specified Causes76,8311,2811,455
Classes
I.Zymotic Diseases20,034334329
11.Constitutional ,,14,437241275
III.Local „31,270521626
IV.Developmental ,,8,514142187
v.Violent Deaths2,5764338
Orders.
I.1 Miasmatic Diseases18,611311309
2 Enthetic ,,517913
3 Dietic ,,726127
4 Parasitic ,,1803—
II.1 Diathetic Diseases2,6654440
2 Tubercular Diseases11,772196235
III.1 Diseases of Nervous System8,647144117
2 ,, Organs of Circulation3,6496164
3 ,, Respiratory Organs13,906232363
4 „ Digestive Organs3,0335157
5 ,, Urinary Organs1,2942217
6 ,, Organs of Generation23542
7 ,, Organs of Locomotion27454
8 ,, Integumentary Organs23242
IV.1 Dev: Dis. of Children2, 0993531
2 ,, ,, Adults316514
3 „ ,, Old People2,7434643
4 Diseases of Nutrition3,3565699
V1 Accident or Negligence2,1533633
3 homicide1062-
4 Suicide27355
All other Violent Deaths441—
79117
Causes unspecified36815
Certain Special Diseases of Zymotic Class and Miasmatic Order-
11.Small Pox9581615
Measles1,4432429
Scarlatina5,998100103
Diphtheritis31354
Croup5821012
Whooping Cough1,9353216
Diarrhœa3,7766383
Typhus & other continued Fevers2,0533531

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* l-59,8th part of the entire mortality of the Town, as calculated upon the estimated
population of St, Giles and London.