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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) 1863

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

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Table: Cases of Disease and Deaths, occurring in the Practice of the Workhouse in 1863, and its four Quarters.

Cases of Disease and Deaths, occurring in the Practice of the Workhouse in 1863, and its four Quarters.

Cases occurring.—Within Walls of Workhouse, (Infirmary and Inmates.)Among Out- Patients attending at Workhouse.Among Patients visited at their own homes.
In Quarters of the Year.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Whole Year.First.SecondThird.FourthWhole 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 Diseases32093351563464938489140128711421269168213435436668526605981945671582618214
Small-pox22...43318...12295552313546407941344532621031
Measles1...8...1...2...12...10261004625...7251416...1176
Scarlet Fever2...413.........91...96924921112853057813
Whooping Cough......1...111912125211915601...91......91192
Diarrhœa......3151......8211115252611790616125183...15...1392
"Fever and Febricula"7...8...2...9...26...9917516213957555356...52...3611994
"Typhus Fever"25313...24379414110...............26130...2513721184
Ague....................................2...2..............................
Bronchitis (acute and chronic)6626471731850201947135826523138112351081249827191727528
Inflammation of the Lungs & Pleura515221922161520201873261394326471114422
Consumptive Diseases3028149211634199972338102430826133112371112444
Ophthalmia2...4...2...1...9...5111811452...............3...5...