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St Giles (Camden) 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

Published
1859
Pages
42
Tables
20

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20 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    MORTALITY IN 1858.*
    Districts.Population.Registered Mortality.Column A. Column B. (see Note.)Total Mortality in 1858, corrected for Cols. A & B.Rise or Fall from rate of 1857, per 10,000. (See Report of 1857.)Districts.
    1st Quarter, 13 Weeks.2nd Quarter 13 Weeks.3rd Quarter 13 Weeks.4th Quarter, 13 Weeks.Whole year, 52 Weeks.
    1851Corrected for 1858Actual number.per 10,000Actual number.per 10,000Actual number.per 10,000Actual number.per 10,000Actual number.per 10,000(†add.)(—subtract.)Actual numberper 10,000Rise.Fall.
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    Comparison of Mortality from various causes in London and in Saint Giles. Whole Year, 1858.
    Classes.Classes and Orders of Disease.London. Popln. 2,720,600St. Giles's. Population 54,300.
    Estimated Quota.Actual Registered Mortality.Corrected for Deaths. ill Hospitals
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    Ten Sub-Divisions of St. Giles's; their Order of Mortality from all causes, 1858.*
    Order of Sequence, 1858.Locality ofActual number of Deaths, 1858.Per 10,000
    In Houses.In Works.In Hosps.18571858
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    Order of Mortality among Children, †
    Order of Sequence, 1858.Locality ofChildren dying in 1858Mortality per 10,000.
    Under Two years.Between Two & Five1857.1858.
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    Order of Mortality from Zymotic Class of Disease —Miasmatic Order.
    Order of Sequence, 1858.Locality ofDeaths from Miasmatic Diseases in 1858.Per 10,00
    All Miasmatic Piseases.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphthe-ritis.Whooping Cough.DiarrhoeaContind. Fever.18571858
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    The Ten Localities in the order of their Mortality from Tubercular Diseases. *
    Order of Sequence, 1858.Locality ofDeaths in 1858, from Tubercular Diseases.Per 10.000.
    1857.1858.
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    The order of Mortality from Diseases of the Lungs.
    Order of Sequence, 1858Locality ofDeaths from Lung Diseases, 1858.Acute Lung Disease, Per 10,000.Total Lung Disease, Per 10,000.
    Acute.Chronic.1857185818571858
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    Cases of Disease and Deaths, occurring in the Practice of the Workhouse, in the Four Quarters of 1858.
    Cases occurring—Within Walls of Workhouse, (Infirmary and Inmates)Among Out-Patients attending at Workhouse.Among Patients visited at their own homes.
    Quarters of the Tear.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Whole Year.First.SecondThird.FourthWhole Year.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Whole Year.
    Cases.New Cases.DeathsNew casesDeathsNew casesDeathsNew casesDeathsNew casesDeathsNew cases. No deaths.New casesDeathsNew casesDeathsNew casesDeathsNew casesDeathsNew cases.Deaths
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    Distribution of Zymotic Diseases in the Out-Patient practice of the Workhouse, in the Ten Localities of St. Giles's.*
    Zymotic Diseases in Locality ofSmall Pox.Chicken Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Fevers, including cases of febricula visited at home.Diarrhoea.Erysipelas.Ague.Rheumatic Fever.Total of foregoing Diseases.
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    Zymotic Diseases in practice of Bloomsbury Dispensary, 1858.*
    In locality ofTotal Zymotic Diseases.Small Pox.Chicken Box.Measles.Scarlatina.Whooping Cough.Fevers.Diarrhœa.Erysipelas.Rheumatie Fever.
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    House improvements in the several Localities of St. Giles's, effected under the Superintendence of Inspector Webb, between March 25th, 1858, and March 25th, 1859.
    House improvements in localities.A. Around Bedford Square.B. Around Russell Square.C. Around Coram Street.D. Around Bloomsbury-sq.E. Around Church Lane.F. Around Dudley Street.G. Around Short's GardensH. Around Northern part of Drury Lane.K. Around Southern part of Drury Lane.L. Around Lincoln* Inn Fields.Whole District of St. Giles.Unclassified house improvements, and Remarks.
  • Page 30
    The water from the pump in King's Arms Yard, supplied from the New River Company, but believed to be contaminated from the position of the tank underground, was analysed in March, 1859, with the following result. For the sake of comparison 1 have given the mean of two analyses of the same Company's water made bv Dr. R. D. Thomson in December and January:—
    Water of New River.Hardness ° or grains per gallon.Solid Impurities, grains per gallon
    TemporaryPermanent.Total.Organic.Inorganic.Total.
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    TABLE I.— Mortality per Thousand in London, in the Divisions of London, and in St. Giles, in 1857, and in preceding Years. Note .— The numbers are computed on the population of the period named, and comparison made throughout from the printed returns of the Registrar General.
    Mean of Ten years, 1847 to 1857.1857, corrected to 365¼ days.1858. Similarly corrected.
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    TABLE II.— Deaths in Hospitals among Patients brought from St. Giles's and neighbouring Districts, 1858.
    Districts.Total ascertained Deaths in London Hospls.King's College Hospl. (Strand.)Middlesex Hospl. (Marylebone.)Charing Cross Hospl. (St Martins)University College Hospl.(St.Pancras)Children's Hospl. (Holborn.)St. Bartholomew's Hospl. W(London )Royal Free Hospl. (St. Pancras.)London FeverHosp (Islington.)Westminster Hospl (Westminster.)St. Mary's Hospl. (Paddington.)Deaths in Hospls. out of the district.
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    TABLE III.— Causes of Deaths in St. Giles's, 1858, with the Ages at Death.
    Class.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 2 years.2 and under 5.5 and under l0.10 and under 20.20 and under 30.30 and under 40.40 and under 50.50 and under 60.60 and under 70.70 and under 80.80 and under 90.90 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.—(continued.)
    Class.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 2 years.2 and under 5.5 and under 1010 and under 20.20 and under 39.30 and 1 under 40.40 and under 5050 and under 6060 and under 70.70 and under 80.80 and under 90.90 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.—(continued.)
    Class.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 2 years.2 and under 5.5 and under 10.10 and under 20.20 and under 30.| 30 and | under 40.40 and under 5050 and under 60.60 and under 70.70 and under 80.80 and under 90.90 and upwards.
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    TABLE IV.— Comparison of Mortality from various causes in London and in St. Giles's. Four Quarters, 1858.
    Class.Classes and Orders of Disease.first Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.
    London.St. Giles.London.St. Giles.London.St. Giles.London.St. Giles.
    Estimated Quota.Actual Number.Estimated Quota.Actual Number,Estimated Quota.Actual Number.Estimated Quota.Actual Number
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    TABLE V.— Registered Deaths in 52 Weeks of 1858. Sub-Districts of St. Giles's
    Deaths in Sub-Districts. [Population, 1851.]First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Whole Year, 1858.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Both Sexes.
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    TABLE VI-- Registered Births in 52 Weeks of 1858. Sub-Districts of St. Giles's.
    Births in Sub-Districts,First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Whole Year, 1858.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Total Childn