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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) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE III.—D eaths R egistered from all C auses in the Y ear 1899 (inclusive of the D eaths of P arishioners at H ospitals and P ublic I nstitutions outside the D istrict).
| 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. George, Blooms-bury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | |||
| classes. | |||||||||||
| I. Specific Febrile or Zymo Diseases | 27 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 50 | 82 | 20 | 41 | 21 |
| II. Parasitic Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| III. Dietic Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 6 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 148 | 16 | 21 | 198 | 38 | 114 | 46 |
| V. Developmental Diseases | 21 | — | — | — | 1 | 47 | 21 | 69 | 16 | 42 | 11 |
| VI. Local Diseases | 52 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 231 | 80 | 70 | 400 | 100 | 191 | 100 |
| VII. Deaths from Violence | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 7 |
| VIII. Deaths from ill-defined and not-specified Causes | 24 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
| Total all Causes | 136 | 65 | 17 | 19 | 419 | 154 | 201 | 810 | 201 | 418 | 191 |
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Small Pox, Vaccinated | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ditto Unvaccinated | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ditto No Statement | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Whooping-Cough | 1 | —_ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria | — | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 9 |
| Simple Continued, Ill-defined, or Relapsing Fever | —_ | —_ | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Influenza | - | 2 | — | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 5 | |
| Simple Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 21 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 17 | 5 |
| Remittent Fever | — | — | - | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cowpox and Effects of Vaccination | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — |
| Venereal Affections | 3 | — | - | - | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | —_ | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Pyæmia, Septicaemia | - | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PARASITIC DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Thrush | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Worms, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ |
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