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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE 111—Deatb6 Registered from all Causes in the Year 1889 (inclusive of the Deaths of Pakishioneks a
Hospitals and Public Institutions outside the District).
| causes of death. | ages. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total all Ages. | sub-distric ts. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oto X. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | j St. George Blooms-bury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | |||
| classes. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 43 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 98 | 122 | 35 | 57 | 3"* |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 13 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 1 | - | 23 | 186 | 56 | 98 | |
| 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 67 | 18 | 42 | ||
| VI. Local Diseases | 63 | 47 | 15 | 12 | 30 | 49 | 77 | 94 | 61 | 22 | 1 | 110 | 471 | 121 | 269 | 81 |
| 9 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 6 | |
| VIII. Deaths from ill-defined and not specified Causes I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 27 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | 31 | 47 | 11 | 27 | 9 |
| 176 | 120 | 36 | 27 | 74 | 92 | 127 | 126 | 100 | 43 | lu | 296 | 931 | 249 | 516 | 16(5 | |
| 1. MIASMATIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||
| bmau .Fox, Vaccinated | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ditto Un vaccinated | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 7 | 31 | 3 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 41 | 10 | 15 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 4 | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | _ |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | _ | _ | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping-Cough | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| Simple Continued or III-defined Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. DIARRHGEAL DISEASES | ||||||||||||||||
| Simple Cholera | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | - | ||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 21 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 21 | 30 | 4 | 21 | 5 |
| 3. MALARIAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _- | — | — | — | — |
| 4. ZOOGENOUS DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||
| Cowpox, and effects of Vaccination | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | - |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 5. VENEREAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | o | 1 | i |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| (5. SEPTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pyæmia, Septicæmia | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 98 | 122 | 35 | 57 | 30 - | |