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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) 1869

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

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Table: TABLE XI.– Cases of Disease and Death, occurring in the practice of the Workhouse in 1869, and its Four Quarters.

TABLE XI.– Cases of Disease and Death, occurring in the practice of the Workhouse in 1869, 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 YearFirst Quarter.Second Quarter.Third QuarterFourth Quarter.Whole Year.First.SecondThird.FourthWhole Year.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth QuarterWhole Year.
Cases.New Cases.Deaths.New Cases.Deaths.New Cases.Deaths.New Cases.Deaths.New Cases.Deaths.New Cases.Deaths. 1New Cases.Deaths.New CasesDeaths.New Cases.Deaths.New Cases.Deaths.New Cases.Deaths.
Of all Diseases313772935423053341611177245113410419297903894867697227962940709552927243
Small Pox-----------1--1----1---1-
Measles--6-6---12-4112-1751-61437-3-1524
Scarlet Fever----------316-1033-112361111914
Whooping Cough11-18113---42130623471331724212323819918
Diarrhœa3-2-713-151601132508150415132-7151831369
"Fever and Febricula"21118313125-7759210311710041284-97-83-88-352-
"Typhus Fever "------11111---129-6-3---38-
Relapsing Fever------------15-15----49---49-
Bronchitis (acute and chronic)53194210271459161815945433017631412742333518335781423626730110
Inflammation of the Lungs & Pleura12962--9327-1---15132522-155
Consumption11122714101241228960125422329831921323810428
Ophthalmia3-4-2-2-11—6464204-1-1---6-