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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) 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Cases of Disease and Deaths, occurring in the Practice of the Workhouse, in the Four Quarters of 1859.
| Cases occurring— | Within Walls of Workhouse, (Infirmary and Inmates.) | Among Out-Patients attending at Workhouse. | Among Patients visited at their own homes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters of the Year. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Whole Year. | First. | Second | Third. | Fourth' | Whole Year. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Whole Year. | ||||||||||
| Cases. | New Cases. | Deaths | New Cases. | Deaths | New Cases. | Deaths | New Cases. | Deaths | New Cases. | Deaths | New Cases. No Deaths. | New Cases. | Deaths | New Cases. | Deaths | New Cases. | Deaths | New Cases. | Deaths | New Cases. | Deaths | ||||
| Of all Diseases | 265 | 56 | 184 | 46 | 241 | 54 | 284 | 72 | 974 | 2281 | 1385 | 1767 | 2231 | 1335 | 6718 | 461 | 31 | 499 | 37 | 407 | 30 | 455 | 39 | 1822 | 137 |
| Small Pox | - | - | 4 | - | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 13 | — | 18 | — | 53 | 4 | 89 | 5 |
| Measles | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 10 | — | 5 | 66 | 57 | 3 | 131 | 7 | — | 102 | 4 | 63 | — | 10 | 1 | 182 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 8 | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 6 | — | 29 | 2 | 74 | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 56 | 89 | 29 | 5 | 179 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | 33 | 6 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | — | 6 | — | 7 | — | 2 | — | 16 | — | 78 | 157 | 920 | 126 | 1281 | 3 | — | 11 | — | 39 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 69 | 6 |
| Feverf and Febricula | 12 | — | 9 | 2 | 14 | — | 14 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 167 | 245 | 177 | 101 | 690 | 59 | — | 68 | — | 47 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 222 | 3 |
| Ague | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 8 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | — |
| Bronchitis (acute and chronic) | 43 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 67 | 16 | 144 | 36 | 481 | 309 | 175 | 387 | 1352 | 54 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 15 | — | 111 | 10 | 201 | 15 |
| Inflammation of the Lungs & Pleura | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 12 |
| Consumptive diseases | 27 | 15 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 99 | 69 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 82 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 77 | 19 |
| Ophthalmia | 12 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 15 | — | 33 | — | 14 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 54 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | — |
* Returned by the Registrar General at 226, in the 52 weeks.
† The term "Fever," here includes symptomatic as well as idiopathic fevers. It is impossible to separate the one class from the other in the Registers ot tue
Workhouse. There is a large proportion of idiopathic cases in the first and last divisions of the table; while in the middle division the so called "fevers" are for
the most part only symptomatic.