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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) 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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locality in question. But it further appears that of recent years the mortality
is seriously increasing there, the deaths for the past six years having been
respectively 127, 133, 128, 127, 151, and 161, in this locality.
Ten Sub-divisions of St. Giles's; their order of Mortality from all causes, 1862.
| Order of Sequence, 1862. | Locality of | Actual number of Deaths in 1862. | Total Mortality per 10,000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Houses. | In Workh. | In Hosptls. | Total. | |||
| Best 1st | B. Russell-square | 72 | 1 | 2 | 75 | 135 |
| 2nd | A. Bedford-square | 64 | — | 3 | 67 | 170 |
| 3rd | L. Lincoln's Inn-fields | 42 | — | 3 | 45 | 199* |
| 4th | D. Bloomsbury-square | 108 | 1 | 6 | 115 | 218 |
| 5th.-6th | C. Coram-square | 145 | 11 | 8 | 164 | 270 |
| K, Southern Drury-lane. | 112 | 18 | 8 | 138 | 272 | |
| 7th.-8th | H. Northern Drury-lane. | 108 | 44 | 9 | 161 | 310 |
| F. Dudley-street | 245 | 25 | 12 | 282 | 311 | |
| 9th | K. Church-lane | 116 | 34 | 11 | 161 | 342 |
| Worst 10th. | G. Short's gardens | 175 | 54 | 18 | 247 | 391 |
| Workhouse Inmates, &c. | — | 108 | — | 108 | — | |
| Whole District | 1187 | 296 | 80 | 1563 | 289 | |
The continually deteriorating state of the Courts about Little Coram
Street has probably the main share in the increase of mortality, and it is to
be feared that this increase will continue until some thorough sanitary improvements
are here made. The Coram Street neighbourhood has already attained
the evil distinction of being bracketted with Southern Drury Lane in its
mortality.
The Ten Sub-divisions—their Order of Infantile Mortality in 1862.
| Order of Sequence, 1862. | Locality of | Deaths among Children in 1862. | Infantile mortality per 10,000 residents. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2 years. | 2 years to 5 years. | Total under 0 5 ears. | |||
| Best 1st | B. Russell-square | 16 | 6 | 22 | 40 |
| 2nd | A. Bedford-square | 14 | 10 | 24 | 61 |
| 3rd | D. Bloomsbury-square | 35 | 15 | 50 | 95 |
| 4th.-5th | L. Lincoln's Inn fields | 16 | 9 | 25 | 110 |
| H. Northern Drury lane | 43 | 15 | 58 | 112 | |
| 6th | K. Southern Drury-lane | 48 | 16 | 64 | 126 |
| 7th | C.coram-street | 68 | 17 | 85 | 138 |
| 7th.-8th | G. Short's-gardens | 72 | 25 | 97 | 154 |
| F. Dudley-street | 97 | 47 | 144 | 159 | |
| Worst 10th | E. Church-lane | 49 | 28 | 77 | 166 |
| Workhouse Inmates, &c | 18 | 3 | 21 | — | |
| Whole District | 476 | 191 | 667 | 123 | |
In the above table are shown the districts in the order in which they
suffer loss of children. The disproportion between the best and the worst
localities in this respect is as usual very striking, four children dying in the
poorer parts of St. Giles' to every one that dies in the better parts of Blooms-