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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) 1876

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

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Table: TABLE No. 15.—Showing the Mortality from Certain Classes of Diseases, and Proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1876, viz.:( Deaths in General Hospitals included.)

TABLE No. 15.—Showing the Mortality from Certain Classes of Diseases, and Proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1876, viz.:

( Deaths in General Hospitals included.)

Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths.
1. Seven principal Zymotic Diseases.1613.01350
2. Pulmonary (other than Phthisis)2905.12243.28
3. Tubercular1372.56114.93
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants1021.9085.57
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants841.5770.46

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1. Includes small-pox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough, fever, and
diarrhoea.
3. Includes phthisis, scrofula, rickets, and tabes.
4. Includes marasmus, atrophy, debility, want of breast milk, and premature birth.
5. Includes hydrocephalus, infantile meningitis, convulsions, and teething.
The Death-rate among Zymotic Diseases.
The total number of deaths of zymotic diseases in the year 1876
was 190, of which 7 belonged to the enthetic, 2 to the dietic orders,
leaving 181 against the miasmatic order.
The annexed Table displays a total of only 161 deaths from the
seven principal zymotic diseases in 1876, the lowest number recorded
for ten previous years.
This is valuable evidence of the efforts of the Board in enforcing
sanitary arrangements for the improvement of the health of the
District.