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St Giles (Camden) 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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APPENDIX.

Table: TABLE I.—Mortality per Thousand in London, in the Divisions of London, and in St. Giles's in 1860, and in preceding Years.Note .—The numbers are computed on an estimate of the population of the period named, and comparison made throughout from the printed returns of the Registrar-General.

TABLE I.—Mortality per Thousand in London, in the Divisions of London, and in St. Giles's in 1860, and in preceding Years.

Note .—The numbers are computed on an estimate of the population of the period named, and comparison made throughout from the printed returns of the Registrar-General.

Mean of Ten years. 1847 to 1857.Death-rate of three last years, each corrected to 365¼ days.
1857185818591860
London [See below]24.4622.2023.5622.2921.93
West Districts (Kensington, Chelsea, St. George, Hanover-square, Westminster, St. Martin, St. James)22.7620.8121.7720.8321.32
North Districts (Marylebone, Hampstead, Pancras, Islington, Hackney)22.1521.2222.4821.1620.51
Central Districts (St. Giles's Strand, Holborn, Clerkenwell, St. Luke, East London, West London, London City)24.3522.9323.1622.6421.52
East Districts (Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, St. George's East, Stepney, Poplar)25.8424.3525.3023.3123.21
South Districts (St. Saviour. Saint Olave, Bermondsey, Saint George, Southwark, Newington, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Camberwell, Rotherhithe, Greenwich, Lewisham)26.2821.6024.2622.9222.47
St. Giles's [See below]26.8926.5824.8924.8124.86
In the above Table the estimate of population in each year is based on the census of 1851, and on the rate of increase then ascertained. A more correct estimate can be made now that the census of 1861 is published. Calculating the population afresh, the above figures need a little modification, the following being the result for London and St. Giles's.
1847—571857185818591860
London24.4622.3823.9022.6822.47
St. Giles's26.8926.5824.8924.9424.98

Table: TABLE II.—Deaths in Hospitals among Patients brought from St. Giles's and neighbouringDistricts 1860.

TABLE II.—Deaths in Hospitals among Patients brought from St. Giles's and neighbouring

Districts 1860.

Districts.Total ascertained Deaths in London Hospitals.King's College Hospital (Strand).Middlesex Hospital (Marylebone)Charing Cross Hosptl. (St. Martin).University College Hosptl, (St. Pancras)Children's Hospital, (Holborn).St. Bartholomew's Hospital, (W. London)Royal Free Hospital (St. Pancras).London Fever Hospitl. (Islington).Westminster Hospital (Westminster).St. Mary's Hospital (Paddington).Deaths in Hospitals out of the district.
St. Pancras1591148363117142......8-2
St. Marylebone1564542165428...*61102
Metropolis303912722085121586336769123156...
Holborn8417102383257......76
Strand5716151422350......41
St. Martin361241801010*5...23
St. Giles's82262013115430......82

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The figures in the above Table were obtained by personal inspection of the books of the several hospitals,
with the exception of those marked with a star, which are estimated from the returns of former years. The
number 5, in the column of the Westminster Hospital, should be 8 (Mr. Beale), and 61, under St, Mary's Hospital,
should be 44 (Dr.Thomson). There were no deaths among St, Giles's patients in the Small Pox Hospital