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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) 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE VI.—Deaths from all causes in 1857, in Sub-Districts.
| Deaths. | St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | Whole District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (1851.) | 16807. | 19951. | 17456. | 54214. | |||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| First Quarter | 30 | 34 | 122 | 102 | 51 | 54 | 203 | 190 | 393 |
| Second ,, | 31 | 42 | 94 | 79 | 54 | 38 | 179 | 159 | 338 |
| Third „ | 26 | 28 | 84 | 84 | 43 | 00 | 153 | 172 | 325 |
| Fourth ,, | 38 | 50 | 88 | 92 | 75 | 62 | 201 | 204 | 405 |
| Whole Year | 125 | 154 | 388 | 357 | 223 | 214 | 736 | 725 | 1461 |
TABLE VII.—Deaths from certain Zymotic Diseases in 1857, in Sub-Districts.
| Zymotic deaths. | St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | Whole District. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter of year. | 1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | 4 th. | 1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | 4th. | 1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | 4th. | 1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | 4th. | Total Year. |
| Small Pox | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Measles | 1 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 59 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 98 |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 5 | 29 | 5 | — | 1 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 10 | 78 |
| Fever (including two puerperal) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 39 | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Croup | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Syphilis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Totals | 16 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 41 | 33 | 71 | 76 | 109 | 70 | 325 |