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St Giles (Camden) 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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from debility, 1 from peritonitis, 1 from blood poisoning, and 1 from
disease of the lungs.
The Hospital was free from puerperal fever, and the patients were,
as a rule, remarkably healthy.
Praise is due to Miss Freeman, Matron, for the able manner in
which she manages the Institution.
The Infants' Home, No, 35, Great Coram Street.
The deaths of 7 children were reported from this Home, viz., 3 from
syphilis, 3 from debility, and 1 from bronchitis.
The Bloomsbury Dispensary, Great Russell Street.
Mr. Steele, the Resident Medical Officer, has kindly furnished me
with the following table of the number of cases which have been
under treatment at the Bloomsbury Dispensary during the past year.
This Institution renders valuable aid to the suffering sick poor in
our densely populated District.
I have to thank the Staff for their promptness in notifying the
existence of any infectious disease amongst their patients, with a
view to arrest the spread of disease.
Tub Number of New Cases treated at the Bloomsbury Dispensary, 1879.
| Quarter ending— | Physician's Cases. | Surgeon's Cases. | Casualties about | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total No. under Treatment. | Visited at Home. | Died. | Total No. under | Trcatraent. | Visited at Home. | Died. | Total No. under Treatment. | Visited at Home. | Died. | ||
| 1879. March 25 | 963 | 264 | 26 | 555 | 20 | - | 445 | 1,518 | 284 | 26 |
| June 24 | 858 | 178 | 14 | 539 | 21 | — | 360 | 1,397 | 199 | 14 |
| Sept. 29 | 803 | 148 | 16 | 497 | 29 | — | 384 | 1,200 | 177 | 16 |
| Deo. 24 | 899 | 173 | 22 | 474 | 26 | — | 372 | 1,373 | 199 | 22 |
| Whole Year | 3,523 | 763 | 78 | 2,065 | 96 | - | 1,561 | 5,488 | 859 | 78 |
Special Causes of Death.
(/« the Order of the Registrar-General's Tables.)
CLASS I.— ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Orders : Miasmatic, Enthetic, and Parasitic.
The death-rate in 1879 for England and Wales, from seven of the
principal zymotic diseases, was equal to 2 39 per 1,000.
The death-rate from these seven diseases in the four preceding years,
was equal to 344, 311, 2.71, and 3'32 per 1,000.
The death-rate for Inner London was equal to 3'2 per 1,000, and in
the outer ring it was 1.8 per 1,000.
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