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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) 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Asylums Board Hospitals and the general public hospitals during 1897, from the St. Giles District:—
| Diseases. | Asylums Board Hospitals. | General Hospitals. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 4* | — | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 168 | 168 | |
| Diphtheria | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 200 | 37 | 237 |
* One case returned as Chicken-Pox.
The total number of fever patients removed from all
London to the Asylums Board Hospitals during the
year was 22,795 as compared with 22,152 in 1896.
The removals of small-pox patients numbered 121 as
compared with 265 in 1896.
The aggregate removals of infectious cases during
the year including the transfer of patients from one
hospital to another numbered 42,758.
Ambulance Arrangements.
Patients from the St. Giles District are removed by
the staff at the Western Station which adjoins the
Western Hospital at Seagrave Road, Fulham, S.W.,
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.; on weekdays cases for
removal are reported at the Manager's Central Offices,
Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C., these being
in telephonic communication with the station. During
the night, and on Sundays, and on Christmas Day and
(rood Friday, application for a patient's removal is for