Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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aggravated by the deceased having eaten too heartily of
tinned fish at a river excursion two days previously.
Tbe following table shows the total admissions and deaths
of small-pox, fever and diphtheria patients during the year
1890, from the several metropolitan parishes and unions,
into the Isolation Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board:—
Tbe following table shows the total admissions and deaths of small-pox, fever and diphtheria patients during the year 1890, from the several metropolitan parishes and unions, into the Isolation Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board:—
Parishes and Unions. | Smallpox. | Scarlet. | Diphtheria. | Typhus. | Enteric. | Other Diseases. | Total Admissions. | Total Deaths. | Population Census. 1381. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. District. | Kensington | — | 234 | 59 | — | 19 | 7 | 319 | 39 | 163,151 |
Fulbam | — | 265 | 43 | — | 38 | 4 | 350 | 57 | 114,839 | |
Paddington | — | 98 | 70 | — | 10 | — | 178 | 22 | 107,218 | |
Chelsea | — | 116 | 34 | — | 11 | 2 | 163 | 19 | 88,128 | |
St. George's | 1 | 183 | 14 | — | 4 | 4 | 206 | 16 | 149,748 | |
Westminster | — | 58 | — | — | 3 | — | 71 | 4 | 46,549 | |
District. N. District. | St. Marylebone | — | 153 | 31 | — | 20 | — | 204 | 20 | 154,910 |
St. Pancras | 4 | 375 | 92 | — | 16 | 2 | 489 | 69 | 236,258 | |
Hampstead | — | 54 | 27 | — | 10 | — | 91 | 16 | 45,452 | |
Islington | — | 353 | 37 | — | 33 | 5 | 428 | 60 | 282,865 | |
Hackney | — | 448 | 53 | 2 | 51 | — | 554 | 49 | 186,462 | |
St. Giles | 1 | 66 | 12 | — | 4 | 1 | 84 | 9 | 45,382 | |
Strand | 1 | 16 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 22 | 4 | 33,582 | |
Holborn | — | 689 | 28 | — | 32 | 1 | 750 | 65 | 151,835 | |
City of London | — | 88 | 10 | — | 2 | — | 100 | 4 | 51,439 | |
E. District. C. | Shoreditch | — | 273 | 22 | — | 39 | 1 | 335 | 23 | 126,591 |
Bethnal Green | — | 145 | 83 | — | 18 | 2 | 248 | 69 | 126,961 | |
Whitechapel | — | 130 | 70 | — | 22 | 3 | 225 | 47 | 71,363 | |
St. George's-in-tbeEast | - | 104 | 53 | - | 7 | - | 164 | 36 | 47,157 | |
Stepney | — | 74 | 49 | — | 21 | 2 | 146 | 23 | 58,543 | |
Mile End Old Town | — | 67 | 24 | — | 18 | 1 | 110 | 21 | 105,613 | |
Poplar | — | 128 | 27 | — | 56 | 1 | 212 | 29 | 156,510 | |
S. District. | St. Saviour's | 2 | 452 | 32 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 525 | 54 | 195,164 |
St. Olave's | 3 | 314 | 27 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 382 | 43 | 134,632 | |
Lambeth | 8 | 600 | 47 | — | 26 | 7 | 688 | 60 | 253,699 | |
Wandsworth and Clapham | - | 340 | 53 | - | 54 | 1 | 448 | 41 | 210,434 | |
Camberwell | — | 377 | 28 | — | 39 | 4 | 448 | 45 | 186,593 | |
Greenwich | 2 | 184 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 222 | 20 | 131,233 | |
Woolwich | — | 101 | 3 | — | 8 | 1 | 113 | 10 | 80,845 | |
Lewisham | 3 | 65 | 6 | — | 3 | 1 | 78 | 7 | 73,327 | |
Port of London | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | |
Totals | 27 | 6,552 | 1,048 | 15 | 647 | 59 | 8,358 | 982 | 3,816,483 |