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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Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1883, including the Deaths of Parishioners in Hospitals and Public Institutions situated out of the District.
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, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | ||||||||||
(CLASSES.) | ||||||||||||
I. ZYMOTIC | 46 | 73 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 119 | 167 | 39 | 79 | 49 |
II. CONSTITUTIONAL | 15 | 34 | 14 | 70 | 67 | 19 | 2 | 49 | 221 | 37 | 137 | 47 |
III. LOCAL | 79 | 63 | 22 | 52 | 127 | 163 | 13 | 142 | 519 | 93 | 307 | 119 |
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL | 97 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 109 | 185 | 45 | 92 | 48 |
V. VIOLENT DEATHS | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 |
NOT SPECIFIED | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 |
Total | 260 | 187 | 62 | 159 | 219 | 244 | 39 | 447 | 1,170 | 240 | 644 | 286 |
I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 7 | 22 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29 | 31 | 3 | 19 | 9 |
Scarlet Fever | ... | 11 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
Diphtheria | 4 | 13 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
Croup | 3 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
Whooping-cough | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Typhoid (Enteric) | ... | ... | 6 | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 5 | 5 | |
Simple Continued Fever | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... |
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 21 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 26 | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 |
Rheumatism and Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 |
Syphilis | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Alcoholism | ... | ...... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
Thrush | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
Total | 46 | 73 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 7 | ... | 119 | 167 | 39 | 79 | 49 |
II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dropsy | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | ... |
Cancer | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | ... | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
Scrofula | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 8 | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 18 | ... | 14 | 4 |
Phthisis | 2 | 4 | 10 | 67 | 57 | 9 | ... | 6 | 149 | 21 | 95 | 33 |
Hydrocephalus | 5 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
Total | 15 | 34 | 14 | 70 | 67 | 19 | 2 | 49 | 221 | 37 | 137 | 47 |
III. LOCAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
Apoplexy | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 18 | ... | ... | 34 | 6 | 18 | 10 |
Paralysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ... | 2 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
Insanity | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
Epilepsy | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... |
Convulsions | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 31 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 11 |
Brain Diseases | ... | 3 | l | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Pericarditis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Aneurism | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Heart Disease | ... | ... | 4 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 2 | ... | 61 | 18 | 30 | 13 |
Carried forward | 27 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 53 | 4 | 36 | 175 | 41 | 95 | 39 |
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