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St Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE VII.
(A.)—Table of Deaths during the Year 1899, 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. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Fevers. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | * | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. George, | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 8 | — | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | 18 | 37 | |||||||
| Bloomsbury | 148 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 43 | 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 28 | 14 | — | 2 | 57 | 111 |
| under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | 10 | — | — | 11 | — | — | 0 | 25 | 62 | ||||||||
| St. Giles, South | 159 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 20 | 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 17 | — | 2 | 36 | 97 |
| under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 6 | — | — | 1 | 24 | 36 | ||||||||
| St. Giles, North | 101 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 15 | 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 18 | 10 | — | 1 | 26 | 65 |
| under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
| Workhouse | 135 | 7 | 1 | — | 82 | 45 | 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 34 | 29 | 14 | — | 1 | 49 | 128 | |
| British Lying-in | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| Hospital | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The French | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Hospital | 39 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | — | — | 12 | 38 | ||
| Totals | 594 | 112 | 42 | 9 | 11 | 293 | 127 | under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | 22 | — | — | 24 | 2 | — | 7 | 85 | 155 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 84 | 95 | 62 | — | 6 | 180 | 439 | ||||||||
| 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 | 216 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 126 | 27 | under 5 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 3 | 28 | 47 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | 19 | 18 | — | 13 | 85 | 169 | ||||||||
| Deaths occuring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 62 | 11 | — | 1 | 6 | 38 | 6 | Under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | — | 1 | 17 | 51 | ||||||||