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St Giles (Camden) 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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removed during the past summer to the newly erected
building in Shaftesbury Avenue.
Since the opening of the new hospital 20 persons, admitted
from various parts of the metropolis, died there. Of these
17 were adults and 3 children. Nearly all the deaths were
from diseases of the brain, heart, and lungs.
Deaths in Hospitals and Public Institutions.
(Outside the District.)
From the weekly returns sent to me from the RegistranGeneral's
office, Somerset House, I find that during the past
year 258 parishioners died outside the district in
the following
hospitals, lunatic asylums, and other public institutions, where they had been removed for treatment :—
| Public Institution. | Number of Deaths. | Public Institution. | Number of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | |||
| Middlesex Hospital | Cancer Hospital | ||
| King's College Hospital | Homoeopathic Hospital | ||
| Charing Cross Hospital | Western Fever Hospital | ||
| University College Hospital | Sick Asylum (Cleveland Street) | ||
| Royal Free Hospital | Fitzroy House Hospital | ||
| Guy's Hospital | St. Anne's House Asylum | ||
| St. Bartho'omew's Hospital | London County Banstead Asylum | ||
| St. George's Hospital | Caterham Asylum | ||
| St. Thomas's Hospital | Hanwell Asylum | ||
| Westminster Hospital | Darenth Asylum | ||
| London Hospital | Colney Hatch Asylum | ||
| Central London Throat Hospital | St. Joseph's Home | ||
| Brompton Consumption Hospital | Mildmay House Mission | ||
| North London Consumption Hos. | St. George's Workhouse | ||
| City of London Consumption Hos. | St. Pancras Workhouse | ||
| Women's (Soho) Hospital | 2 | 1 | |
| Children's (Great Ormond Street) Hospital | St. Saviour's Workhouse | 1 | |
| River Thames 1 Public Ways 2 | |||
| French Hospital | 1 | ||
| German Hospital | 1 | ||
| Carried forward | 112 | Total |
This number is 25 in excess of the hospital, &c., deaths
in the preceding year ; the increase is accounted for by the
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