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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) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The Workhouse, Broad Street.
The number of inmates during the past 12 months averaged 612, of these 29 belonged to the parishes of Bethnal Green and the Strand respectively.
| The mortality was | |
| 1st Quarter | 79 |
| 2nd „ | 67 |
| 3rd | 24 |
| 4th | 25 |
| A total of 195 deaths. | |
To these must be added 7 4 deaths, which occurred at the
Cleveland Street Sick Asylum, which make up a total of 269
pauper deaths, and corresponding to a death-rate of 43.9 per
1,000.
My thanks are due to the staff of the Guardians for this
and other valuable information.
The French Hospital, Shaftesbury Avenue.
46 deaths (39 adults, and 7 children) took place at this
public institution during the year. 45 were non-parishioners
admitted from various parts of the Metropolis.
The causes of deaths are classified as follows;—
| Zymotic diseases | 3 | |
| Local diseases | Heart | 5 |
| Lungs | 17 | |
| Other diseases | 20 | |
| Total | 45 | |
The British Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street.
The medical report states that the work of the Hospital
has been carried on during the past year with good results.