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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) 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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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. | Second | Third. | Fourth | Whole Year. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Whole Year. | ||||||||||
| Cases. | New Cases. | Deaths | New cases | Deaths | New cases | Deaths | New cases | Deaths | New cases | Deaths | New cases. No deaths. | New cases | Deaths | New cases | Deaths | New cases | Deaths | New cases | Deaths | New cases. | Deaths | ||||
| 236 | 74 | 194 | 35 | 193 | 37 | 241 | 62 | 864 | 208* | 988 | 973 | 1334 | 1392 | 4687 | 465 | 37 | 321 | 27 | 383 | 28 | 499 | 36 | 1668 | 128 | |
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 5 | — | 13 | — |
| Measles | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 9 | — | 5 | — | 2 | — | 23 | — | 39 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 37 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 80 | 6 |
| Hooping Cough | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | — | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | 28 | 84 | 387 | 94 | 593 | 5 | — | 12 | — | 29 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 1 |
| Fever † and Febricula | — | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | — | 13 | 4 | 129 | 116 | 145 | 116 | 506 | 76 | — | 71 | 1 | 54 | — | 66 | — | 267 | 1 |
| Ague | 2 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | 16 | — |
| Bronchitis (acute and chronic) | 68 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 43 | 13 | 145 | 41 | 290 | 117 | 104 | 379 | 950 | 99 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 61 | 5 | 195 | 14 |
| Inflammation of the Lungs & Pleura | 6 | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 50 | 24 |
| Consumptive diseases | 26 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 86 | 52 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 62 | 36 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 100 | 27 |
| Ophthalmia | 4 | — | 1 | — | 7 | — | 9 | — | 21 | — | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* In the Registrar General's returns, this number is stated at 209, from the registration of a case in which two inquests were held.
† The term "Fever," here 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 of the table; while in the middle division the so called fevers are for the most
part only symptomatic.