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St Giles (Camden) 1858

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

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APPENDIX

Table: 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.

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.
London24.4622.2023.56
West Districts.—(Kensington, Chelsea, St. George, Hanover-square, Westminster, St. Martins, St. James)22.7620.8121.77
North Districts.—(Marylebone, Hampstead, Pancras, Islington, Hackney)22.1521.2222.48
Central Districts — (St. Giles's, Strand, Holborn, Clerkenwell, St. Luke, East London, West London, London City)24.3522.9323.16
East Districts.— Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, St. George's East, Stepney, Poplar)25.8424.3525.30
South Districts.—(St. Saviour, St. Olave Bermondsey, St. George, Southwark, Newington, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Camberwell, Rotherhithe, Greenwich, Lewisham).26.2821.6024.26
St. Giles's26.8926.5824.89

Table: TABLE II.— Deaths in Hospitals among Patients brought from St. Giles's and neighbouring Districts, 1858.

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.
St. Pancras19174247414172112......96
St. Marylebone17045831113213...75*112
Metropolis3094169189951506257589105.........
Holborn701550182957......62
Strand9756171212423......41
St. Martin's3711222000002*...15
St. Giles's71181814104610......71

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The figures in the above table were obtained by personal inspection of the books of the
several Hospitals, with the exception of those marked with a star, and for these I have to
thank Dr. Thomson and Mr. Beale, the Officers of Health of the respective districts.