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St Giles (Camden) 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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(A.)—Table of Deaths during the Year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, Classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total | |||||||||||||
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 197 | 50 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 81 | 36 | under 5 | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | 16 | — | 2 | 38 | 71 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 19 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 61 | 126 | ||||||||
| St. Giles, South | 196 | 68 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 28 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 13 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 93 | |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 23 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 36 | 103 | ||||||||
| St. Giles, North | 132 | 40 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 17 | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | 18 | — | 2 | 23 | 68 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 12 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 74 | ||||||||
| Workhouse | 147 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 78 | 60 | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 24 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 53 | 141 | ||||||||
| British Lying-in Hospital | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| French Hospital | 39 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 26 | 7 | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 1 | 15 | 36 | ||||||||
| Totals | 715 | 168 | 65 | 10 | 23 | 301 | 148 | under 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 12 | 26 | — | — | 13 | 52 | 1 | 9 | 119 | 235 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 125 | 40 | 16 | 199 | 480 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 196 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 106 | 25 | under 5 | — | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | — | 1 | 14 | 40 |
| 911 | 185 | 88 | 22 | 36 | 407 | 173 | 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 71 | 156 | |
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 60 | 9 | — | — | 4 | 34 | 13 | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 52 | ||||||||