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St Giles (Camden) 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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APPENDIX.
TABLE I—Mortality per Thousand in London, in the Divisions of London,
and in St. Giles's in 1861, 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 10 years, 1847 to 1856. | Death rate of 5 last years, each corrected to 365¼ days. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 1 | ||
| London | 24.46 | 22.07 | 23.98 | 22.77 | 22.57 | 23.17 |
| West Districts. -(Kensington, Chelsea, St. George, Hanover-square, Westminster, St. Martin, St. James) | 22.76 | 20.86 | 22.44 | 21.51 | 22.24 | 22.38 |
| North Districts.— (Marylebone, Hampstead, Pancras, Islington, Hackncy) | 22.15 | 21.16 | 22.96 | 21.74 | 21.24 | 22.30 |
| Central Distrits.—(St. Giles Strand, Holborn, Clerkenwell, St. Luke. East London, West London, London City) | 24.35 | 23.40 | 24.55 | 24.22 | 23.42 | 25.04 |
| East Districts.—(Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Whitechapl.,St. George East, Stepney, Poplar). | 25.84 | 24.24 | .25.87 | 24.03 | 24.16 | 24.05 |
| South Districts.— (St. Saviour, St. Olave, Bennondsey, St. Geoige, Southwark. Newington, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Camberwell, Rotherhithe, Greenwich, Lewisham.) | 26.28 | 21.15 | 24.04 | 22.69 | 22.22 | 22.78 |
| St. Giles's | 26.89 | 26.58 | 24.89 | 24.94 | 24.98 | 25.75 |
| Districts | Total ascertained Deaths in London Hospitals. | Kings College Hospital, (Strand). | Middlesex Hospital (Marylebone). | Cliaring Cross Hospital (St. Martins) | University College Hospital (St. Pancras) | Children's Hospital (Holborn). | St. Bartholomew's Hospital W, (London) | Royal Free Hospital (St. Pancras). | London Fever Hospl. (Islington). | Westminster Hospital (Westminster). | St. Mary's Hospital (Paddington). | Deaths in Hospitals out of the district. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pancras | 185 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 7 | ••• | ••• | 86 | ||
| St. Marylebone | 168 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | • •• | 48* | 91 | |
| Metropolis | 3569 | 147 | 235 | 70 | 161 | 99 | 611 | 63 | 118 | 143 | ••• | ••• |
| Holborn | 83 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 5 | 3 | ••• | ••• | 73 | |
| Strand | 62 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ••• | ••• | 36 | |
| St. Martin's | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0* | ••• | 11 | |
| St. Giles's | 76 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0* | ••• | 76 |
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, and for these I have to thank
Dr. Thomson and Mr. Beale, the Officers of Health of the respective districts.