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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) 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Showing the Numder of Inquests during the Year, with the Cause of Death.
| Cause of Death. | St. George, Blooms-bury. | St. Giles South. | St. Giles North. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Causes. | Apoplexy and Brain Diseases | ... | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Epilepsy | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Convulsions and Dentition | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tabes | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Croup (Spasmodic) | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Aneurism | 3 | ... | 3 | ||
| Heart diseases | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 | |
| Dropsy | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Kidney diseases | 1 | 1 | |||
| Scarlet fever | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Ulceration of stomach | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Syphilis | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Old age | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Diseases of Pulmonary and k Respiratory Organs | 3 | 20 | 5 | 28 | |
| Accidental Causes. | Suffocation | 2 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| Injuries from a fall down stairs | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| „ ,, from a waggon | 1 | 1 | |||
| ,, „ fracturing thigh bone | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| ,, from a fall in street, fracturing skull | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| ,,from a fall, producing pleurisy | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| „from a fall downstairs, fracturing skull | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Suicidal Causes. | Cut throat | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Hanging | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Poison by Cyanide of Potassium | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Poison by Opiate | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | 66 | 22 | 97 | |
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
The total deaths from diseases of these important organs during
the year were 322, viz., Bronchitis, 249; Pneumonia, 57; Pleurisy, 8;
Laryngitis, 1; Asthma, 1; and other Lung Diseases (excluding
Phthisis), 6.
Bronchitis continues to be the principal cause, the deaths from it
more than doubled those of any other disease.
Pneumonia carried off 87. Both these diseases occur at the extremes
of age, and the mortality is greater during the winter months,
when cold winds and fogs are prevalent.