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St Giles (Camden) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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TABLE IV.

Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1890 from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases851.983
2. Pulmonary Diseases2705.9260
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases1683.7162
Division II. (Infants under One Year).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Births.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under One Year.
4. Wasting Diseases534.4278
5. Convulsive Diseases191.6102

NOTES.
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping-cough, Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and
Simple Continued Fevers and Diarrhœa. 19 of these
deaths occurred in Hospitals outside the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and
Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmas, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast
Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions
and Teething.