Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE III.
Deaths Registered from all Causes During the Year 1877. (The Deaths in Public Institutions of Non-Residents being excluded.)
causes of death. | Males. | Females. | Total. | 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. | |||
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St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles South. | St. Giles North. | ||||||||||||
(classes.) | ||||||||||||||
I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES | 85 | 102 | 187 | 69 | 68 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 3 | .. | 41 | 94 | 52 | |
N. CONSTITUTIONAL | 112 | 68 | 180 | 15 | 29 | 17 | 44 | 59 | 17 | .. | 35 | 97 | 48 | |
III. LOCAL | 259 | 260 | 519 | 99 | 72 | 18 | 41 | 136 | 139 | 14 | 117 | 278 | 124 | |
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL | 79 | 85 | 164 | 74 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 27 | 54 | 72 | 38 | |
V. VIOLENT DEATHS | 20 | 13 | 33 | 19 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | |
(Not specified.) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | |
Total | 559 | 529 | 1088 | 279 | 193 | 54 | 109 | 215 | 196 | 42 | 252 | 565 | 271 | |
I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||
Varicella | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Small Pox | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Measles | 25 | 26 | 51 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 24 | 17 | |
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 5 | |
Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | |
Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
Typhus | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 10 | 5 | 15 | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
Simple continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Puerperal Fever(Metria) | .. | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea | 25 | .. | 49 | 35 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 27 | 16 | |
Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatism | 4 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pyemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Order 2. - enthetic. | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Alcoholism | ( a Del. Tremens ) | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
(b Intemperance j | ||||||||||||||
Order 4.—parasitic. | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Worms, &.o. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
85 | 102 | 187 | 69 | 69 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 94 | 52 | |||
II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. Order1.—diathetic. | ||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dropsy | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | ||||
Cancer | 2 | 6 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Cancrum Oris (Noma) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Mortification | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Scrofula and Tuberculosis | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
Phthisis | 78 | 43 | 121 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 50 | 13 | .. | 16 | 74 | 31 | |
Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis | 17 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 11 | 5 | |
112 | 68 | 180 | 15 | 28 | 17 | 44 | 59 | 17 | .. | 35 | 97 | 48 | ||
III. LOCAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||
Cephalitis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Apoplexy | 4 | 13 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 3 | ||
Paralysis | 4 | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Insanity | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Chorea | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epilepsy | 3 | 3 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | |
Convulsions | 21 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 12 | 10 | |
Brain Disease, &c. | 12 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .. | 6 | 10 | 5 | |
Order 2.—organs of circulation. | ||||||||||||||
Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Aneurism | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Heart Disease, &c | 24 | 30 | 54 | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 14 |