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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) 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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| 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 65. | 65 and upwards. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | St. Giles, North. | |||
| LOCAL DISEASES—continued. | |||||||||||
| Dentition | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — | ||||
| Sore Throat, Quinsy | — | — | 1 | — | — | _ | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Enteritis | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Peritonitis | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | _ | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Diseases of Liver | — | — | — | _ | 12 | 3 | — | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Other Diseases of Digestive System | 2 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System and of Ductless Glands | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diseases of Urinary System | — | — | — | 3 | 16 | 9 | — | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 |
| Diseases of Generative System | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Accidents of Childbirth | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Diseases of Locomotive System | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Diseases of Integumentary System | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. | |||||||||||
| Accident or Negligence—Fractures or Contusions | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | _ | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| ,, ,, Gjnshot Wounds | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ ,, Cut, Stab | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, ,, Burn, Scald | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| ,, ,, Poison | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| ,, ,, Drowning | — | — | 1 | — | — | _ | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| ,, ,, Suffocation | 9 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| „ ,, Otherwise | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Homicide—Manslaughter | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | |||||||
| Suicide—Gunshot Wounds | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — |
| ,, Cut, Stab | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| ,, Poison | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| „ Drowning | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| „ Hanging | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| ,, Otherwise | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Execution—Hanging | — | — | |||||||||
| DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND OTHER CAUSES | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 |