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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |