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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) 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE II.—Deaths in Hospitals among Patients brought from St. Giles's and neighbouring Districts, 1864.
| Districts. | Total ascertained Deaths in London Hospitals. | Kings College Hospital, (Strand). | Middlesex Hospital (Marylebone). | Charing 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 Hospital (Islington). | St. Mary's Hospital (Paddington). | Deaths in Hospital out of the district. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.Pancras | 204 | 17 | 53 | 0 | 77 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 23 | — | 114 |
| St. Marylebone | 188 | 7 | 80 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 53* | 108 |
| Metropolis | 4540 | 215 | 300 | 101 | 216 | 84 | 628 | 109 | 639 | 200 | — |
| Holborn | 80 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 8 | — | 70 |
| Strand | 92 | 43 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | 49 |
| St. Martin's | 45 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | — | 25 |
| St. Giles's | 74 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | — | 74 |
The figures in the above table were obtained by personal inspection of the books of the several
Hospitals, but some are estimated for 1863. That marked with a Star was furnished me by
Or. Sanderson, the Officer of Health for Paddington.