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St Giles (Camden) 1862

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

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APPENDIX.

TABLE I —Mortality per Thousand iu London, in the Divisions of London, and in St. Giles's in 1862 and in preceding Years.

Note .—The numbers are computed on an estimate of the population of the period named, and comparison made throughout from the printed returns of the Registrar General.

Mean of Ten years 1847 to 1856.Death-rate of Five last years, each corrected to 356¼ days.
1857.1858.1859.1860.1861.1862.
London24.4622.0723.9822.7722.5723.2623.49
West Districts—(Kensington, Chelsea, St. George, Hanover-Square, Westminster, St. Martin, St. James)22.7620.8622.4421.5022.2422.522.21
North Districts.—(Marylebone, Hampstead, Pancras, Islington, Hackney)22.1521.1622.9621.7421.2422.421.96
Central Districts—St. Giles Strand, Holborn, Clerkenwell, St. Luke, East London, West London, London City)24.3523.4024.5524.2223.4225.1125.78
East Districts—(Shoreditch. Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, St George East, Stepney, Poplar)25.8424.2425.8724.0324.1624.1125.92
South Districts.— St. Saviour, St. Olave, Bermondsey, St. George Southwark, New-ington, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Camberwell, Rother-hithe, Greenwich, Lewisham.)26.2821.1524.0422.6922.2222.8722.61
St. Giles's26.8926.5824.8924.9424.9825.5527.40

TABLE II.—Deaths in Hospitals among Patients brought from St. Giles's and neighbouring Districts, 1862.

Districts.Total ascertained Deaths in London Hospitals.Kings College Hospital, (Strand).Middlesex Hospital (Marylebone).Charing Cross Hospital (St. Martins)University College Hospital (St Pancras)Children's Hospital (Holborn).St. Bartholomew's Hospital (W London)Royal Free Hospital (St. Pancras).London Fever Hospital (Islington).Westminster Hospital (Westminster).St. Mary's Hospital (Paddington)Deaths in Hospital out of the district.
St. Pancras224124518318121538......126
St. Marylebone22148112346342..57140
Metropolis3857159268811557363395466186168...
Holborn9921244432230......95
Strand97521017222012......45
St. Martin's45110140110180...31
St. Giles's80182613968000...80

The figures in the above table were obtaine I by personal in spection of the books of the several
Hospitals, with the exception of those marked with a star, and for these 1 have to thank
Or. Thomps n, and Mr Beale, the Officers of Health of the respective districts.