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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 VIII.
| Locality. | Approximate area in acres. | Quarters of year. | Whole year. | Add deaths in Hospitals 1857.1 | Totals for 1857, corrected. | Locality. | Children below 2 yrs. of age. | Above 2 and below 5 years. | Per centage of deaths below 2, in gross mortality. | Per centage of all deaths below 5, in?? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | 4th. | ||||||||||
| A.—Bedford-square locality | 29 Acres (4 open spaces) | 21 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 65 | 2 | 67 | A.—Bedford -Square locality | 21 | 6 | 31.4 | 40.3 |
| B.—Russell-square locality | 67 Acres (4 open spaees.) | 19 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 63 | — | 63 | B.—Russel-Square locality | 14 | 4 | 22.2 | 28.6 |
| C.—Coram-street locality | 28 Acres. | 32 | 29 | 20 | 39 | 120 | 7 | 127 | C.—Coram-Street locality | 36 | 11 | 28.3 | 37.0 |
| D.—Bloomsbury square locality | 30 Acres (3 open spaces.) | 23 | 31 | 28 | 37 | 119 | 9 | 128 | D.—Bloomsbury-square locality | 35 | 20 | 27.3 | 42.9 |
| E.—Church.lane locality | 12½ Acres. | 30 | 25 | 36 | 46 | 137 | 6 | 143 | E.—Church-lane.locality | 47 | 17 | 32.9 | 44.8 |
| F.—Dudley-street locality | 13 Acres. | 72 | 59 | b2 | 84 | 276 | 17 | 293 | F.—Dudley-street locality | 119 | 36 | 40.6 | 52.9 |
| G.—Short's-gardens locality (excluding Workhouse) | 14½ Acres. | 97 | 75 | 73 | 78 | 213 | 16 | 229 | G —Short's-gardens locality (excluding Workhouse) | 93 | 35 | 40.6 | 55.9 |
| H.—Northern Drury-lane locality | 14 Acres. | 51 | 52 | 35 | 53 | 192 | 12 | 204 | H,—Northern Drury-lane locality | 77 | 22 | 37.7 | 48.5 |
| K.—Southern Drurv-lane locality | 14 Acres. | 32 | 22 | 37 | 27 | 118 | 122 | K.—Southern Drury-lane locality | 55 | 15 | 45.1 | 57.4 | |
| L.—Lincoln's Inn-fields locality | 23 Acres (10 open spaees.) | 16 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 7 | 55 | L.—Lincoln's Inn-fields locality | 21 | 6 | 38.1 | 49.1 |
| Workhouse itself, Inmates, &c | — | 110 | 110 | Workhouse itself, inmates, &c | 11 | 05 | 10.0 | 14.5 | |||||
| Total District | 245 Acres. | 393 | 338 | 325 | 405 | 1461 | 80 Total number is 90. | 1551 | 529 | 177 | 34.3 | 45.8 | |
* Of ten Hospital cases sufficient particulars could not be ascertained, to allow tbem to be referred to their exact locality.
‡ Six deaths in Heston Pauper Establishment are not considered.