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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: TABLE IV.Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1899 from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE IV.

Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1899 from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population at all Ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all Ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases*551.473
2. Diseases of the Respiratory Organs1473.8196
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases1383.6184
Division II. (Infants under One Year.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Births.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under One Year.
4. Wasting Diseases423756
5. Convulsive Diseases141218

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NOTES.
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping-cough, Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and
Simple Continued Fevers and Diarrhœa.
* 9 of these deaths occurred in hospitals outside
the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and
Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmas, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast
Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis,
sions, and Teething.