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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 IX.—Cases of Disease and Deaths, occurring in the Practice of the Workhouse, in the Four Quarters of 1857.
| Cases occurring— | Within walls of Workhouse, (Infirmary & Inmates.) | Among out-patients attending at Workhouse. | Among patients visited at their own homes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters of the year. | Spring. | Summer. | Autumn. | Winter. | Whole Year. | Spring. | Snmr. | Autm. | Winter | Whole Year. | Spring. | Summer. | Autumn. | Winter. | Whole Year. | ||||||||||
| Cases. | New cases | Deaths | New eases. | Deaths | New cases. | Deaths | New cases. | Death3 | New cases. | Deaths | New cases. No deaths. | New cases. | Deaths | New cases. | Deaths | New cases. | Deaths | New cases. | Deaths | New eases. | Deaths | ||||
| Of all diseases | 344 | 85 | 253 | 47 | 197 | 49 | 243 | 58 | 1037 | 239 | 1320 | 1033 | 1624 | 1144 | 5121 | 444 | 40 | 442 | 24 | 375 | 28 | 525 | 32 | 1786 | 124 |
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Measles | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | 60 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 109 | 27 | — | 62 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 125 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 6 | — | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 7 |
| Hooping Cough | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 67 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 5 |
| Diarrhœa | — | — | 9 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 18 | — | 78 | 156 | 798 | 80 | 1112 | 8 | — | 21 | — | 59 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 96 | 7 |
| Fever† | 17 | — | 5 | — | 7 | — | 4 | — | 33 | — | 77 | 103 | 175 | 144 | 499 | 18 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 67 | — | 122 | 4 | 256 | 7 |
| Bronchitis (acute and chronic) | 87 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 63 | 10 | 211 | 62 | 604 | 166 | 98 | 385 | 1253 | 104 | 11 | 31 | — | 22 | 3 | 96 | 4 | 253 | 18 |
| Inflammation of the lungs & pleura. | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | — | 22 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 56 | 10 |
| Consumptive diseases | 32 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 94 | 01 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 78 | 27 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 86 | 24 |
* In the Registrar General's returns, this number is stated at 248. (Se« note, page 63).
† The term " Fever," includes symptomatic as well as idiopathic fevers. It is impossible to separate the one class from the other in the registers of the Workhouse.
There is a large proportion of idiopathic cases in the first and last divisions ol the table ; while in the middle division the so called " fevers " arc for the most
part only symptomatic.