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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 X— Diseases of Common Lodging-houses, compared with other Houses in the same Streets.
| Street or Place. | Number of Common Lodging Houses, and of other houses. | Mortality in 1 857, iu Street. Workhouse and Hospitals. | Of the total mortality, the subjoined Deaths took place in workhouse | Zymotic diseases (not fatal), brought under notice of M.O.H. 1857. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zymotic Diseases. | Consumptive Diseases | All diseases | ||||
| Charles-street, Drury-lane. | 14 Lodging-houses | 1 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 5 |
| 25 Other houses | 4 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 7 | |
| Church-lane, Carrier-street Kennedy - court, and Hampshire Hog-yard. | 12 Lodging-houses | 1 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 5 |
| 36 Other houses | 9 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 26 | |
| Queen-street, Seven-dials | 9 Lodging-houses | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 Other houses | 8 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 13 | |
| George-street, estimating Model-buildings as four houses. | 8 Lodging-houses | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 Other houses | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| (Deaths from houses in this Street: numbers of houses unknown ) | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Star-court, Cross-lane | 6 Lodging-houses | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 Other houses | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 Lodging houses | — | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | |
| 25 Other houses | — | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | |
| King-street, Drury-lane | 3 Lodging-house | — | — | 3 | — | |
| 28 Other houses | 15 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 26 | |
| Short's gardens | 3 Lodging-houses | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 28 Other houses | 4 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 27 | |
| Orange-court, Drury-lane. | 3 Lodging-houses | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 5 other houses | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Monmouth-court | 2 Lodging-houses | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 other houses | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | |
| 2 Lodging-houses | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 30 Other houses | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 11 | |
| (Deaths from houses in this Street: number of house not stated.) | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | |
| New-street | 1 Lodging-houses | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 Other houses | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Denmark-place, Regent's-place, Coal-yard, King's Arms'-yard, Great White Dion-street, Little White Lion-street, Great Wild-street. | Each fme Common Lodging House.- 7 | 1 | ? | ? | 4 | 1 |
| Total other houses 120 | 15 | ? | ? | 6 | 32 | |
| Totals : excluding last seven streets: | 66 Lodging-houses | 4 | 22 | 70 | 41 | 16 |
| 220 Other houses in same Streets- | 53 | 29 | 174 | 22 | 126 | |
GEORGE BUCHANAN, M.D.