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St Giles (Camden) 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE IX.— Certain Zymotic Deaths in 1869, in Sub-Districts. Deaths in Hospital
and workhouse referred to previous residences.
| Sub-Districts, &c. | Population 1861. | deaths in sub-districts from | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Continued Fevers. | Diarrhœa. | Relapsing Fever. | |||
| Bloomsbury | 17392 | ... | 5 | 13 | ... | 18 | 4 | 17 | ... | ... |
| St. Giles South | 19483 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 47 | 22 | 28 | 1 | ... |
| St. Giles North | 17201 | ... | 8 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 19 | ... | ... |
| Workhouse Inmates & Tramps | 695 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
The aggregate of the figures in the above Table is much smaller than
last year, as has been already explained; the proportions also for the Subdistricts
differ. Last year Bloomsbury had the largest number of deaths from
whooping-cough; this year it is St. Giles South that suffers most; its mortality
from this disease having risen from 13 to 45. The death-number from
scarlatina has however sunk from 34 to 13.
The annexed Table shows the extent to which each Sub-district was
assisted by the surrounding hospitals.
TABLE X.
Deaths in Hospitals among Patients drought from the Sub-districts of St. Giles, 1869.
| Districts. | Population, | St. Bartholomew's Hospital (W. London) | King's College Hospital (W. London) | Westmnstr. Hospital, (Westminster.) | Charing Cross Hospital (St. Martins) | Middlesex Hospital (Marylebone). | University College Hospital (St. Pancras) | London Fever Hospital (Islington). | Small Pox Hospital, (Highgate.) | Royal Free Hospital (St. Pancras) | Children's Hospital (Holborn) | Total ascertained Deaths in London Hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsbury | 17,392 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| South St. Giles | 19,483 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 |
| North St. Giles | 17,201 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
The Mortality in the Workhouse and other Local Institutions.
Through the kindness of the Medical Officer, I am able to give a
complete summary of the medical work done in the Workhouse during the
year 1869, as reported by Mr. Bennett. The large number of recorded cases
shows the inestimable value of the daily duty performed by the Medical
Officers for the relief of the suffering poor.
Throughout this year there was less zymotic disease in the Workhouse
than in the year 1868; the diminution having been most marked in cases of
measles and fevers; on the other hand whooping-cough and diarrhoea were
rather more prevalent. Cases of bronchitis and pneumonia maintained their
previous rate; whilst cases of consumption were less numerous but more
fatal.