Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Cases of Disease and Death, occurring in the Practice of the Workhouse in 1868, 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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In Quarters of the Year | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter ' | Fourth Quarter. | Whole Year. | First. | Second | Third. | Fourth 1 | 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. | Deaths. | New Cases. | Deaths. | New Cases. | Deaths. | JNew Cases. | Deaths. | New Cases. | Deaths. | New Cases. | Deaths. | |||
Of all Diseases | 421 | 71 | 361 | 51 | 379 | 48 | 353 | 80 | 1514 | 250 | 1409 | 1841 | 2809 | 809 | 48 | 894 | 41 | 875 | 87 | 863 | 31 | 3441 | 207 | ||
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 deaths from Comsumption occurred during the year. | 12 | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 18 | 2 | |
Measles | 16 | ... | 5 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 27 | 1 | ... | 17 | 23 | 49 | ... | 49 | 2 | 24 | ... | 5 | ... | 127 | 2 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | 64 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 135 | 6 | ||
Whooping Cough | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 26 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 7 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | ||
Diarrhœa | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 95 | 290 | 1341 | 16 | ... | 88 | 2 | 118 | 8 | 12 | ... | 234 | 10 | ||
"Fever and Febricula" | 26 | 1 | 31 | ... | 23 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 100 | 4 | 86 | 95 | 295 | 80 | 1 | 49 | ... | 175 | ... | 164 | 1 | 468 | 2 | ||
"Typhus Fever" | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 11 | ... | 2 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 4 | ... | 46 | 9 | ||
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Bronchitis (acute and chronic) | 72 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 50 | 18 | 189 | 49 | 241 | 209 | 70 | 80 | 12 | 40 | 3 | 66 | 17 | 113 | 21 | 299 | 53 | ||
Inflammation of the Lungs & Pleura | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 17 | |||
Consumption | 31 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 126 | 63 | 18 | 23 | 42 | 25 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 27 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 104 | 24 | ||
Ophthalmia | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | 18 | ... | 5 | ... | 31 | ... | 10 | 16 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 7 | ... |