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St Giles (Camden) 1880
[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, 1880.
(The Deaths is Public Institutions op Non-Residents being excluded.)
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George Bloomsbury | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | ||||||||||
| (classes.) | ||||||||||||
| T. ZYMOTIC DISEASES | 46 | 116 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | ... | 162 | 219 | 58 | 99 | 62 |
| If. CONSTITUTIONAL | 24 | 23 | 9 | 55 | 59 | 16 | 1 | 47 | 187 | 52 | 82 | 53 |
| III. LOCAL | 90 | 71 | 15 | 45 | 120 | 135 | 12 | 161 | 488 | 124 | 233 | 131 |
| IV. DEVELOPMENTAL | 72 | 15 | ... | 4 | 1 | 38 | 26 | 87 | 156 | 35 | 87 | 34 |
| V. VIOLENT DEATHS | 15 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | |
| NOT SPECIFIED | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ... | 16 | 32 | 11 | 16 | 5 |
| Total | 260 | 230 | 56 | 129 | 197 | 202 | 40 | 490 | 1,114 | 289 | 532 | 293 |
| I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order 1.—miasmatic. | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 7 | 2S | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 7 |
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 27 | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 29 | 43 | 8 | 13 | 22 |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Quinsy | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Croup | ... | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | |
| Whooping-Cough | ... | 32 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 11 |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Simple continued Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| puerperal Fever (Metria) | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 4 | ... |
| Diarrhoea | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 22 | ... | |||
| Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Order 2.—enthetic. Syphilis | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Order 3.—dietic. Alcoholism (Delirium Tremens) | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Total | 46 | 116 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | ... | 162 | 219 | 58 | 99 | 62 |
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. Order 1.—diathetic. | ||||||||||||
| Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Dropsy | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cancer | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 1 | ... | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Order 2.—tubercular. | ||||||||||||
| Phthisis | 1 | 2 | 7 | 54 | 53 | 10 | ... | 3 | 127 | 32 | 63 | 32 |
| Hydrocephalus | 15 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Total | 24 | 23 | 9 | 55 | 59 | 16 | 1 | 47 | 187 | 52 | 82 | 53 |
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