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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) 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Cases of infectious disease admitted into the Asylums Board Hospitals during the year 1889:—
| Parishes and Unions. | Smallpox. | Scarlet. | Diphtheria. | Typhus. | Enteric. | Other Diseases. | Total Admissions. | Total Deaths. | Population Census. 1881. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. District. | Kensington | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | 300 | 58 | 163,151 | ||
| Fulham | — | 289 | 16 | — | 18 | — | 323 | 36 | 114,839 | |
| Paddington | — | 46 | — | 3 | 3 | 174 | 107,218 | |||
| Chelsea | — | 76 | 6 | — | 6 | 1 | 89 | 7 | ||
| St. George's | — | 150 | 17 | — | 1 | 1 | 169 | 21 | 149,748 | |
| Westminster | — | 63 | 1 | — | 3 | 69 | 4 | 46,549 | ||
| N. District. | St. Marylebone | — | 89 | 17 | — | 10 | 2 | 118 | 10 | 154,910 |
| St. Pancras | — | 262 | 30 | — | 12 | — | 304 | 30 | 236,258 | |
| Hampstead | — | 29 | 14 | — | 2 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 45,452 | |
| Islington | — | 284 | 20 | — | 43 | — | 347 | 25 | 282,865 | |
| Hackney | — | 204 | 34 | 2 | 30 | — | 270 | 44 | 186,462 | |
| C. District. | St. Giles | — | 41 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 45,382 |
| Strand | — | 20 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 24 | 33,582 | ||
| Holborn | — | 307 | 18 | — | — | 347 | 34 | 151 835 | ||
| City of London | — | 59 | — | 3 | — | 72 | 2 | 51,439 | ||
| E. District. | Shoreditch | — | 198 | 34 | — | 24 | 1 | 257 | 32 | 126,591 |
| Bethnal Green | — | 94 | 58 | — | 9 | — | 161 | 42 | 126,961 | |
| Whitechapel | 2 | 24 | 42 | — | 3 | — | 71 | 71,363 | ||
| St. George's-in-the-East | 49 | 60 | 17 | 1 | 127 | 32 | 47,157 | |||
| Stepney | — | 69 | 62 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 147 | 36 | 58,543 | |
| Mile End Old Town | — | 68 | 42 | 1 | 8 | — | 119 | 30 | 105,613 | |
| Poplar | — | 70 | 51 | — | 36 | 1 | 158 | 29 | 156,510 | |
| S. District. | St. Saviour's | — | 423 | 13 | — | 8 | 446 | 40 | 195,164 | |
| St. Olave's | — | 9 | 19 | 4 | 143 | 15 | 134,632 | |||
| Lambeth | — | 515 | 26 | — | 18 | 3 | 562 | 61 | 253,699 | |
| Wandsworth and Clapham | 260 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 314 | 29 | 210,434 | |||
| Camberwell | — | 240 | 20 | — | 7 | 4 | 271 | 31 | 186,593 | |
| Greenwich | 1 | 114 | 4 | — | 12 | 4 | 135 | 131,233 | ||
| Woolwich | — | 43 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 46 | 6 | 80,845 | |
| Lewisham | — | 113 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 119 | 7 | 73,327 | |
| Port of London | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | ||
| Beyond Metropl. Area | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 4 | 4560 | 776 | 24 | 370 | 43 | 5777 | 735 | 3,816,483 | |
Ambulance Service.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board have directed the following regulations to be carried out for the removal of persons suffering from infectious diseases:
| 1. Apply on week days,between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., | To the Chief Offices: | Postal Address: Norfolk House, Norfolk St., Strand, W.C. |
| Telegraphic Address: Asylums Board, London. Telephone Number, 2587. |
N.B.—Applications in the latter part of the day must be despatched in time
to reach the Offices before 8 p.m. H2