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.—
CAUSES OF DEATH. | 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. | Total under 5. | Grand Total. | Sub-Districts. | ||
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St. George, Bloomabury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | ||||||||||
III. LOCAL DISEASES. Order 1.—nervous system. | ||||||||||||
Apoplexy | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 7 | 10 | .. | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
Paralysis | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 12 | 4 | .. | 25 | 4 | 17 | 4 | |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Epliepsy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Convulsions | 13 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
Brain Disease | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .. | 10 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
Order 2.ORGANS OF CIRCULA- TION | ||||||||||||
Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 |
Heart Disease | 2 | .. | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | .. | 2 | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 |
Order3.-RESPIRATORY ORGANS | .. | |||||||||||
Bronchitis | 45 | 53 | 3 | 22 | 72 | 98 | 10 | 98 | 303 | 85 | 158 | 60 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Pneumonia | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 10 | .. | 21 | 59 | 12 | 35 | 12 |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
Lung Disease | 2 | • • | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
Order4.-DIGESTIVE ORGANS | ||||||||||||
Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Peritonitis | .. | .... | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Stricture of Intestines | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
Stomach Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 | .. | 1 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Order5.-URINARY ORGANR | ||||||||||||
Bright s Disease | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. |
Total | 83 | 72 | 17 | 57 | 160 | 166 | 14 | 155 | 569 | 151 | 289 | 129 |
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
Spina Bifida | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Teething | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Order2.-DISEASES OF ADULTS. | ||||||||||||
Childbirth | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Order3.-DISEASES OF OLD PEOPLE | ||||||||||||
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 15 | .. | 42 | 15 | 18 | 9 |
Order4.-DISEASEA OF NUTRITION | ||||||||||||
Atrophy and Debility | 54 | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 71 | 74 | 19 | 40 | 15 |
Total V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | 80 | 20 | .. | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 100 | 148 | 41 | 70 | 37 |
Fractures or Contusions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Suffocation | 18 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 19 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 7 |
Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Order3.-HOMICIDE | ||||||||||||
Murder or Manslaughter | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Order4.-SUICIDE | ||||||||||||
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Total | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .. | 21 | 36 | 6 | 22 | 8 |
Causes not specified or ill-defined | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Grand Total | 246 | 182 | 50 | 145 | 240 | 225 | 31 | 428 | 1,119 | 276 | 572 | 271 |