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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) 1873

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

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Table: TABLE IV.—Causes op Death in the St. Giles District in 1873, with the Ages at Death.(Correction is here made for Deaths in Hospitals, Highgate and Stockwell inclusive.)

TABLE IV.—Causes op Death in the St. Giles District in 1873, with the Ages at Death.

(Correction is here made for Deaths in Hospitals, Highgate and Stockwell inclusive.)

Class.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 6.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and upwards.Sub-Districts.
Males.Females.Total.St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles South.St. Giles North.
All causes6416361277..............................
Specified causes63963212713141965518024723940320616335
I.(Classes.) Zymotic Diseases10513223797801419141035211966
II.Constitutional „14510725219411383722226611472
III.Local „3122705828663216514618219138296148
IV.Developmental „53951489263642116446143
y.Violent Deaths24285220647114...20266
i.(Orders.) 1 Miasmatic Diseases9712021782791416131035010562
2 Enthetic „6915111...21.....1104
3 Dietic „2132......1............3...
4 Parasitic „...222..................11...
ii.1 Diathetic „161935.........2112029206
2 Tubercular „1298821719411381612...579466
hi.1 Diseases of Nervous System4344871662922275234420
2 „ of Organs of Circulation483482...191728261213823
3 „ of Respiratory Organs175147322615452167102126118378
4 „ of Digestive Organs3024547141017141221715
5 „ of Urinary Organs111223.........4910...698
6 „ of Organs of Generation...33.........111...111
7 „ of Organs of Locomotion123......11...1......21
8 „ of Integumentary System44821...221...422
iv.1 Dev. Diseases of Children161632311...............61511
2 „ of Adults...66.........42......141
3 „ of Old People72431...............15168158
4 Diseases of Nutrition3049796153226...292723
v.1 Accident or Negligence2020401664473...14215
3 Homicide...554.........1......221
4 Suicide437.........331...43...
5 Execution.......................................
Violent Deaths not classed
Sudden Deaths, cause unascertained134.........2...2...13...
Causes not specified or ill-defined112.........1...1...11...