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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) 1881

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

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Hospital, 27 at the Cleveland Street Hospital, 9 at Cater.
ham and 1 at Darenth Asylum ; and 8 at hospitals belonging
to the Metropolitan Asylum District Board.

Table: Inquests.72 inquests were held. 11 of the deaths occurred in St. George, Bloomsbury ; 36 in St. Giles South (which includes the Workhouse) ; and 25 in St. Giles North. Of these, 47 died from natural causes, 13 from accidental causes, 8 from suicide, and 4 from wilful causes.

Inquests.

72 inquests were held. 11 of the deaths occurred in St. George, Bloomsbury ; 36 in St. Giles South (which includes the Workhouse) ; and 25 in St. Giles North. Of these, 47 died from natural causes, 13 from accidental causes, 8 from suicide, and 4 from wilful causes.

Cause of Death.St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles South.St. Giles North.Whole District.
Natural causes.Diseases of the respiratory and pulmonary organs (bronchitis, phthisis, pneumonia)
36312
Diseases of the heart and aneurism...8715
Diseases of the nervous system (apoplexy, epilepsy, convulsions, and brain diseases)...11516
Kidney disease2......2
Small.pox1......1
Debility......11
Accidental causes.Injury to head from falls and blows1315
Injury to spine from a fall...1...1
Hæmorrhage from the bursting of a varicose vein...1...1
Burns......11
Suffocation...145
Suicidal causes.Hæmorrhage—cutthroat......11
Strangulation...213
PoisonCarbolic acid 22114
Cyanide of potassium 1
Narcotic 1
Wilful causes.Suffocation1......1
Effusion of blood on brain...1...1
Concussion of brain...1...1
Hæmorrhage from cord1......1
Total11362572