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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.— Diseases in Orders —(Continued).

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

Class.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 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.
I.Order 1. 1 Small Pox........................................
2 Measles12152710152............61110
3 Scarlatina112...2...............1...1
4 Diphtheritis358161............224
5 Quinsey.......................................
6 Croup1412267181............5138
7 Whooping Cough1514297193............12512
8 Continued Fevers, Typhus, &c.141529...151292...5222
9 Erysipelas5491......242...18...
10 Metria2...2.........2.........11...
11 Carbuncle.......................................
12 Influenza.......................................
13 Dysentery.......................................
14 Diarrhoea2951805418.........5...174122
15 Cholera...111........................1
16 Ague.......................................
17 Remittent Fever.......................................
18 Rheumatism123......2......1......12
19 Other Miasmatic Dis.1...11.....................1...
Order 2. 1 Syphilis6915111...21......1104
2 Stricture of Urethra.......................................
4 Glanders.......................................
Order 3. 1 Privation.......................................
2 Want of Breast Milk1122.....................2...
3 Purpura.......................................
4 Alcoholism:— a Delirium Tremens1...1.........1............1...
b Intemperance.......................................
Order 4. 1 Thrush...222..................11...
2 Worms.......................................
II.Order 1. 1 Gout1...1............1............1
2 Dropsy437...............7......7...
3 Cancer101626............101318135
4 Noma.......................................
5 Mortification1...1..................11......
Order 2. 1 Scrofula134...13............1...3
2 Tabes Mesenterica1810281315...............6139
3 Phthisis946515924981612...437244
4 Hydrocephalus1610264211............7910
III.Order 1. 1 Cephalitis...22......11.........11...
2 Apoplexy121527.........2915110125
3 Paralysis71320.........17843125
4 Insanity.......................................
5 Chorea.......................................
6 Epilepsy549.........243......63
7 Convulsions&Laryngismus14721165...............786
8 Other Brain Diseases538...11321...251
Order 2. 1 Pericarditis4...4......12...1...121
2 Aneurism616.........42......132
3 Heart Disease, &c.393372...181126251198320
Order 3. 1 Laryngitis45916...11......234
2 Bronchitis1401142544836475394124714463
3 Pleurisy1...1............1......1......
4 Pneumonia2525501012110107...10319
5 Asthma112.........1...1......11
6 Other Lung Diseases4262......22......141