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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) 1883

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

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The deaths in England and Wales were 522,662, and
equal to a rate of 19.5 per 1,000.
The following table will show how generally the Metropolitan
Hospitals are made use of by the sick poor: as
164 represents the deaths of our parishioners, the number
of patients relieved and cured would necessarily be much
greater.

Table: Deaths of Parishioners in Hospitals and Public Institutions, situated out of the District—

Deaths of Parishioners in Hospitals and Public Institutions, situated out of the District—

University College.Charing Cross.King's College.Middlesex.St. Bartholomew's.Royal Free.St. George's.Westminster.London.St. Thomas's.St. Mary.HomoeopathicGerman.French.Childrens', Great Ormond Street.Childrens', North-Eastern.Temperance.Consumption, Brompton.Consumption, North London.St. Elizabeth, Great Ormond Street.Central Sick Asylum, Cleveland St.Stockwell Fever.High gate Infirmary.Total.
St. Giles District1111341624211211116112215661164

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The Death-rate among Infants and Young Children.
Two hundred and sixty infants died under 1 year of age,
which gives 1 death for every 5.5 births, and 22.2 per cent,
to total deaths.
Four hundred and forty-seven children died before they
reached 5 years of age, which gives 1 death for every 3.2
births, and 38.2 per cent, to total deaths.
The Deaths among Persons above 60 years of age.
Two hundred and forty-four persons died between 60
and 80 years, and 39 at 80 years and upwards.