London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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) 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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| 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 | 312 | 85 | 225 | 53 | 210 | 50 | 219 | 69 | 966 | 257* | 1814 | 1548 | 1236 | 1148 | 5746 | 512 | 64 | 393 | 47 | 453 | 37 | 557 | 68 | 1915 | 216 |
| Small-pox | 18 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 11 | ... | 25 | 2 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 68 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 92 | 9 |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 12 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 66 | 12 | ... | 16 | ... | 18 | 2 | 96 | 14 | 142 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 33 | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 29 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 87 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 5 | 4 | 14 | 8 |
| Diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 103 | 70 | 269 | 101 | 543 | 8 | 1 | 12 | ... | 33 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 8 |
| Fever† & Febricula. | 5 | ... | 10 | ... | 7 | ... | 4 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 162 | 119 | 85 | 72 | 438 | 82 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 231 | 10 |
| Ague | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 12 | ... |
| Bronchitis (acute and chronic) | 71 | 16 | 43 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 39 | 15 | 177 | 53 | 611 | 297 | 193 | 407 | 1508 | 102 | 7 | 34 | 8 | 39 | 6 | 88 | 9 | 263 | 30 |
| Inflammation of the Lungs and Pleura | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 17 | ... | 18 | 3 | 81 | 16 |
| Consumptive Dises. | 34 | 18 | 33 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 19 | 119 | 64 | 19 | 68 | 13 | 19 | 119 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 92 | 47 |
| Ophthalmia | 16 | ... | 13 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 35 | ... | 21 | 20 | 43 | 28 | 112 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 12 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | ... |
* Returned by the Registrar-General at 251, in the 52 weeks. † The term "Fever," includes symptomatic as well as idiopathic fevers. It is impossible to separate the one class from
the other, on the Registers of the Workhouse. There is a large proportion There of idiopathic cases in the first and last division of the table; while in the middle division the so-called "Fevers"
re for the most part only symptomatic. ‡ There was one death among these Patients in the year.