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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 IV.— D iseases in O rders— continued.

TABLE IV.— D iseases in O rders— continued.

Class.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 4040 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 Small Pox2...211............2......
2 Measles1311247152............5613
3 Scarlatina121527...1962.........14310
4 Diphtheritis112...2..................2...
5 Quinsey.......................................
6 Croup...22...2.....................2
7 Whooping Cough1516316241............11128
8 Continued Fevers, Typhus, &c7714...7322......374
9 Erysipelas6283......212...143
10 Metria...22.........11......1...1
11 Carbuncle.......................................
12 Influenza.......................................
13 Dysentery.......................................
14 Diarrhoea2827554191...112142615
15 Cholera.......................................
16 Ague.......................................
17 Remittent Fever.......................................
18 Rheumatism268......242......422
19 Other Miasmatic Dis.......................................
Order 2.......
1 Syphilis5277..................151
2 Stricture of Urethra.......................................
3 Hydrophobia.......................................
4 Glanders.......................................
Order 3.
1 Privation.......................................
2 Want of Breast Milk.......................................
3 Purpura and Scurvy.......................................
4 Alcoholism:—
a Delirium Tremens112.........1...1.........2
6 Intemperance.......................................
Order 4.
1 Thrush.......................................
2 Worms.......................................
II.Order 1.
1 Gout1...1...............1...1......
2 Dropsy437......1114...16...
3 Cancer51116............781844
4 Noma Canerum Ovis. ........................................
5 Mortification...11...............1......1...
Order 2.
1 Scrofula516132............312
2 Tabes Mesenterica5611632............263
3 Phthisis6456120...9659449...287220
4 Hvdrocephalus18234111246............111812
III.Order 1.
1 Cephalitis...11...1...............1......
2 Apoplexy141428...1...2916...8155
3 Paralysis10213............472445
4 Insanity.......................................
5 Chorea.......................................
6 Epilepsy4...4.........2...2...22...
7 Convulsions&Laryngismus1518332463............71412
8 Other Brain Diseases10122223...386...31 45
Order 2.
1 Pericarditis...11......1..................1
2 Aneurism3...3.........12......1...2
3 Heart Disease. &c.3122533131017181152711
Order 3.
1 Larvneitis...11...............1...1......
2 Bronchitis98117215514437426265210954
3 Pleurisy2...2............11......2...
4 Pneumonia3425591 47291 413...113513
5 Asthma6...6............42...312
6 Other Lung Diseases5273......121......52