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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.—
| 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, Bloomsbury | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | |||
| DIETIC DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alcoholism | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Rheumatism | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gout | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cancer | — | — | — | — | 26 | 11 | — | 37 | 14 | 15 | 8 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | —_ | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 12 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Phthisis | — | — | 2 | 5 | 102 | 5 | — | 114 | 10 | 80 | 24 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | — | 7 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| Atelectasis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Congenital Malformation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Old Age | — | — | — | — | 1 | 47 | — | 48 | 14 | 29 | 5 |
| LOCAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| Apoplexy | — | — | — | — | 13 | 10 | — | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| Epilepsy | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Convulsions | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 4 |
| Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diseases of Circulatory System | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 18 | 2 | 82 | 19 | 43 | 20 |
| Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | 15 | 5 | — | — | 42 | 26 | 20 | 88 | 23 | 39 | 26 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 12 | 56 | 17 | 28 | 11 |
| Pleurisy | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |