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St Giles (Camden) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The low mortality is creditable to the management, and
bears testimony to the value of the use of antiseptics in
lying.in hospitals.
The Bloomsbury Dispensary, Streatham Street.
Since my last report, this old.established and useful
medical charity has been removed from Great Russell
Street to Streatham Street.
The following tabulated list of cases kindly supplied to
me by Dr. Steel, the resident medical officer of the institution,
shows that the services of the staff are much appreciated
by the sick poor in the district.
The Number of New Cases treated at the Bloomsbury Dispensary, 1881.
| Physician's Cases. | Surgeon's Cases. | Casualties about | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter ending | Total No. under Treatment. | Visited at Home. | Died. | Total No. under Treatment. | Visited at Home. | Died. | Total No. under Treatment. | Visited at Home. | Died. | |
| 1881. March 25 | 752 | 170 | 8 | 459 | 41 | .. | 426 | 1,211 | 211 | 8 |
| June 24 | 727 | 141 | 8 | 439 | 48 | .. | 384 | 1,166 | 189 | 8 |
| Sept. 29 | 852 | 163 | 13 | 488 | 34 | 1 | 410 | 1,340 | 197 | 14 |
| Dec. 25 | 883 | 159 | 7 | 439 | 43 | 1 | 355 | 1,322 | 202 | 8 |
| Whole year | 3,214 | 633 | 36 | 1,825 | 166 | 2 | 1,575 | 5,039 | 799 | 38 |
The Workhouse, Broad Street.
During the year there were 318 pauper deaths, viz. : 224
persons died at the workhouse (including 24 parishioners
belonging to the Strand Union), 24 parishioners died at the
Edmonton Infirmary, 25 at the Highgate Sick Asylum