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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) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE III.—Deaths Registered from all Causes in the Year 1891 (inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioner's at
Hospitals and Public Institutions outside the District).
| causes of death. | AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total all Ages. | sub-districts. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | St. George Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | |||
| classes. 1. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 37 | 68 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 105 | 159 | 44 | 76 | 39 |
| 11. Parasitic Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| III. Dietic Diseases | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | 10 | 2 | 8 | — |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 13 | 24 | 12 | 24 | 142 | 28 | 37 | 243 | 40 | 123 | 8) |
| V. Developmental Diseases | 45 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 45 | 86 | 32 | 33 | 21 |
| VI. Local Diseases | 71 | 43 | 10 | 18 | 238 | 202 | 114 | 582 | 147 | 316 | 119 |
| VII. Deaths from Violence | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 19 | 11 |
| VIII. Deaths from ill-defined and not specified Causes | 34 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 43 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
| 213 | 139 | 33 | 53 | 431 | 295 | 352 | 1,164 | 290 | 591 | 283 | |
| I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES. 1. miasmatic diseases. Small Pox, Vaccinated | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ditto Unvaccinated | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ditto No statement | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | - | — |
| Measles | 4 | 38 | 1 | — | - | - | 42 | 43 | 11 | 23 | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping-Cough | 7 | 19 | 3 | — | — | — | 26 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Simple Continued or Ill-defined Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases (Influenza) | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 7 |
| 2. diarrheal diseases Simple Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -_ |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 16 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 18 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 3. malarial diseases. Remittent Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - |
| Ague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. zoogenous diseases. Cowpox, and effects of Vaccination | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. venereal diseases. Syphilis | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | 5 | 1 |
| Gonorrhœa, Stricture of the Urethra | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| 6. SEPTIC DISEASES. Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Pymia, Septicæmia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 37 | 68 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 105 | 159 | 44 | 76 | 39 | |