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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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Table: The following Tabulated Summary, showing the number of small.pox cases in St. Giles District during the epidemics of 1871.2, and that of 1876.7.8.9 1880.1, may be of interest.

The following Tabulated Summary, showing the number of small.pox cases in St. Giles District during the epidemics of 1871.2, and that of 1876.7.8.9 1880.1, may be of interest.

Year.Total Cases.Removals to Hospitals.Cases under Medical Treatment at the Patients' own homes.Deaths at Hospitals.Deaths at Home.Total Deaths.
Hospitals of Asylum Board.Non. pauper Hospitals.Total Removals to Hospitals.Hampstead.Stockwell.Fulham.
Hampstead.Stockwell.Fulham.Deptford.London Small.Pox Highgate.King's College.
1871531288295236464288
1872212121 {None reportedI358
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18761895............1441124
1877755611...5...631271...210
18785713...37...1...516......9...12
18798......8.........8None reported............
18809...27.........9None reported12...3
1881106...9554217135......6410
Total8253871710841515322936031755135

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Measles (decennial average 27.2). — 22 children died
from this disease—5 below the average.
Scarlet Fever (decennial average 26.9).—19 deaths
were recorded (including the death of a parishioner at the
London Fever Hospital), the lowest fatality since 1878.
7 patients were removed to Stockwell Hospital.