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St Giles (Camden) 1890

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

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(B.)—T able of P opulation, B irths, and of new C ases of I nfectious S ickness, coming to the K nowledge of the M edical O fficer of H ealth, during the Y ear 1890, in the M etropolitan S anitary D istrict of S t. G iles, classified according to D iseases, A ges and L ocalities.1

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institu-ti' nsb ing shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1881.Estimated to middle of 1890.1234567891011121312346678910111213
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.--Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.--
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)†
St. George. Bloomsbury16,681331under 5 5 upwards-59231-111-1-11--------------
St. Giles, South14,864_564under 5 5 upwards13393-14----20---------------
St. Giles, North13,837_255under 5 5 upwards-3313--2---111---------------
Workhouse, Broa i Street___under 5 5 upwards-2---1----22--16012--4-------
British Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street---under 5 5 upwards--------------------------
French Hospital, Shaftesbury Avenue_under 5 5 upwards-1---1--------------------
Totals--1150under 5 5 upwards1128454-291-1164---------------

State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in the District.—Yes. Since when?—October 31st, 1889. Besides the above-ipentioned Diseases,
insert in the columns with blank headings the names of any that are notifiable in the District, and fill the columns accordingly. State here the name of the Isolation
Hospital used by the sick of the District. Mark (H.) the Locality in which such Hospital is situated ; and if not within the District, state where it is situated?—MetroQ
politan Asylums Board Hospital, The Western Fever Hospital, Segrave Road, Fulham, S.W.
* In addition to the 274 cases tabulated, 36 duplicate certificates of notifications were received, viz. : Scarlet Fever, 26 ; Diphtheria, 2 ; Enteric Fever, 5; Erysipelas, 2;
and Croup, 1.
t Col. (e).—The ages of the patients are not given in the notification certificates. Upon any amendment of the Act, it would be of advantage that this information
should be supplied.
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